Since the European Parliament elections, there has been an upsurge in efforts within the institutional system of the European Union to directly attack the sovereignty of the Member States, and especially the constitutional identity of Hungary. The trend is not new, but the intensity and blatant nature of the attacks is.

Manfred Weber, the President of the European People's Party, made it clear in his address to the European Parliament last week that he considers the removal of the legitimately elected government his primary task. The European People's Party has recently gone even further, calling for the Hungarian Prime Minister's resignation in an unprecedented way. Weber has previously been very open about his opposition to Hungary: "I voted against Hungary in the Article 7 vote. Not against Fidesz, nor Viktor Orbán, but against the whole country." It is clear that this is not a party political or ideological struggle, but that these actors have set the goal to limit Hungary's sovereignty, and are illegitimately interfering in Hungary's internal affairs, as it is the right of the Hungarian voters alone to decide who should lead the country.

Some EU leaders are acting with the obvious intention – as they have done recently in other European countries – to force political changes they see fit by putting Hungary under pressure, using external influence on Hungarian voters and financial blackmail. To this end, they want to deprive Hungary of its rightful EU funds, undermine its EU Presidency and limit Hungary's voting rights in the EU.

This campaign is a serious violation of democratic processes and national sovereignty. EU leaders are abusing their powers to use blackmail and to fund political activity and disinformation propaganda against Hungary. A particular risk is that there are actors in Hungary that facilitate foreign intervention.

The Sovereignty Protection Office has a duty to warn: there is no such thing as a nation giving up "just a tiny part" of its sovereignty. Those who lose their sovereignty become overnight the servants of foreign interests.