Today in Brussels the leaders from 17 member states have attended an informal Summit on Migration, while Hungary’s Prime minister, Viktor Orbán, announced his country and three other Visegrad (V4) Four members would boycott the meeting. With the decision of V4 countries to deny EU their support in migrants relocation policy, the European crisis on the issue…
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Orban warns against “chaos” of hasty answers to migration
Ahead of the upcoming EU Summit on migration (28-29 June) Hungarian Prime minister Viktor Orban expressed from behalf of the Visegrad group countries the understanding of the depth of the migrant crisis in a number of the EU member-states. However, he also expressed the reserve against any decisions taken “in haste“, warning against possible grave…
Tusk formally congratulates Orban
European Council President Donald Tusk congratulated Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on his election victory and said he counted on him to play a constructive role in maintaining the bloc’s unity. My letter of congratulations to Prime Minister Viktor Orbánhttps://t.co/uscVkHSI8S pic.twitter.com/RqC48osEPd — Charles Michel (@eucopresident) April 9, 2018 Mr Orban was also congratulated by the centre-right…
Orban triumphant for third term
Hungarian incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced victory after preliminary results showed his party Hungarian Civic Alliance (Fidesz) is a big winner of the elections, receiving clear-cut two-thirds commanding majority in the parliament. Viktor Orbán is the strongest leader in Europe and the EU’s biggest nightmare. pic.twitter.com/6yE5S0sppr — Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) April 9, 2018 With more…
ALDE-Five Stars: marriage of convenience?
Serge Turbin OPINION The news from the European Parliament of The Five Star Movement (M5S, Italy) joining the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) puzzled many of Brussels pundits and experts. Moreover, the European Liberal Youth (LYMEC), ALDE’s youth wing, issued a statement condemning this move: “LYMEC understands the urge to grow…
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