Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony speaks next to Prague Mayor Zdenek Hrib and Bratislava Mayor Matus Vallo after signing the Pact of Free Cities at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, December 16, 2019. REUTERS/Tamas Kaszas
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The European Union should bypass national governments that flout democratic standards and deal directly with municipalities as they can perform "miracles" in areas such as climate change, the mayors of four eastern European capital cities said on Monday.
The EU has accused the 'Visegrad Four' nations - the Czech Republic, Slovakia and especially Poland and Hungary - of eroding the rule of law in recent years. It has threatened to suspend the voting rights of Poland and Hungary.
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