Strasbourg 24.11.2022 Commission and Council should resist pressure from Hungary and go ahead with adopting the proposed rule of law conditionality measures to suspend EU cohesion funds. The EP resolution on #Hungary has been adopted👇 pic.twitter.com/RUcEM4kfQE — Katalin Halmai (@eublogo) November 24, 2022 In a resolution passed on Thursday by 416 votes in favour, 124…
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Hungarian forced labour victims for justice
Brussels 17.11.2022 “The deportation of the Hungarians of Slovakia for forced labour 1946-1947” hearing took place in the European Parliament on November 16 under the chairmanship of the MEP Jordi Sole from the Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya party, Spain, belonging to the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance. “In order to understand the question of…
Hungary prepares for 1M Ukraine refugees
Brussels 25.03.2022 The Hungarian government position on the war in Ukraine, as Prime Minister Orbán reiterated on a number of occasions in recent weeks, remains clear and concise: In another impassioned speech to European Union leaders, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine called on Hungary to make clear whether it supported Russia or Ukraine in the…
Hungary: EU Court allows funds freeze
Strasbourg 16.02.2022 The EU funds are tied to EU values — EU Court of Justice strengthens the rule of law The long-awaited ruling of the top European Court, issued today, confirms the legitimacy of protecting the Union budget from negative effects resulting from breaches of the principles of the rule of law. The European Economic…
MEPs debate Hungary EU budget restrictions
Strasbourg 06.07.2021 The budget conditionality regulation does not require any additional clarification to be applied and rule of law breaches must be addressed without delay, say the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). Dutch criticism of Hungary over LGBT rights reeks of 'colonial' past – Orban #holland #hungary #netherlands #holland #hungary #lgbt #netherlands #eureporter https://t.co/RSgfEIlJlG…
Hungary dabs HR Report “absurd”
Brussels 30.09.2020 Immediately after the Rule of Law presentation by the European Commission, the Hungarian government issued a communication, providing an assessment of the document, viewing it as highly subjective, and politically motivated tool serving other purposes than declared. 1/2 The official account of the Hungarian Government, @AboutHungary, has been suspended by @Twitter without any…
Hungary official refused word by German press
Hungary State Secretary Zoltán Kovács’s response to Der Tagesspiegel – has been refused the publication of his response ot Der Tagesspiegel, and started to share it via social media:“In an article published last week in German daily Der Tagesspiegel entitled “Why nationalism doesn’t help against the pandemic,” Judith Langowski and Jonas Bickelmann claim that instead…
Hungary migration position unchanged
“Since 2015, the stance of the Hungarian Government on migration has been clear and unchanged. We have presented this stance and our proposals on several occasions” writes Zoltan Kovacs, the Secretary of State for International Communication and Relations, International spokesman, Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister Victor Orban. 1/5 Since 2015, the stance of the…
Orban: EU «salto mortale»
“…The world is changing. The changes are tectonic. The United States is no longer alone on the throne of the world, Eurasia is rebuilding with full throttle, the frames of our European Union are crackling, and now it hopes to save itself with a salto mortale. The ground is trembling under the feet of our…
Orban considers quitting EPP
“This cannot go on,” Prime Minister Orbán said in his regular Friday morning interview on the public Kossuth RádiĂł on January 17. If the European People’ Party doesn’t stand up for Hungary, then we will have to start a new, Christian-Democratic European movement.” PM Orbán in radio interview: We were one centimeter away from leaving…
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