The President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, said that Hungary should send Prime Minister Viktor Orban to debate, in response to a previous request from the country's justice minister, Judit Varga, to participate in Thursday's debate on the controversial issues. extraordinary measures of Budapest. In a letter to Orban
Sassoli said that "according to established practice … the appropriate level of participation" is that of the prime ministers, but added that remote participation was not possible.