The European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) voted on the Serbia-report today. György Schöpflin shadow-rapporteur and Kinga Gál MEP see it as a breakthrough, that their amendments were adopted with a great majority. Because of this success, many actual problems of the Hungarians in Vojvodina became part of the report with great emphasis.
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The EPP Group today voted against the Flašíková Beňová Report on fundamental rights. In contrast to the more balanced and objective alternative Resolution tabled by the EPP Group, the adopted Report goes beyond the remit of the Lisbon Treaty, disregards the sovereignty of Member States and goes against the fundamental values and principles the EPP Group firmly believes in. The EPP Group condemns the Liberals and the Left-wing groups who are continuously putting their ideology into the fight for fundamental and human rights. Party politics in this field must come to an end", said EPP Group MEPs Kinga Gál and Manfred Weber after the vote.
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