Washington, April 10 -- Rep. Chris Smith issued the following press release:
Reps. Chris Smith (R-NJ) (https://chrissmith.house.gov/) and Andy Harris, M.D. (R-MD) (https://harris.house.gov/) strongly criticized the European Commission for its unprecedented, undemocratic interference in Hungary's upcoming elections.
In a letter (https://chrissmith.house.gov/uploadedfiles/2026-04-09_letter_of_reps._chris_smith_and_andy_harris_to_eu_president_von_der_leyen.pdf) to Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, Smith and Harris argue that the EU Commission's anti-democratic actions "raise serious concerns regarding the boundary between legitimate EU oversight and authoritarian political intervention" and are "deeply destructi...