Hungary MEPs divided in EP debate on alleged media interference

Hungarian MEPs were divided in their views on the state of media freedom in Hungary in a European Parliamentary debate on Wednesday, with ruling Fidesz slamming what it calls a "smear campaign" against the government, and the opposition decrying "the end of media plurality" ...

Szijjarto: Brussels ‘ineffective’ against illegal migration, drug abuse

Illegal migration and increasing drug consumption are two serious global security challenges linked to organised crime, and the European Union's measures are "not effective enough", the Hungarian foreign minister said in Kyoto, where he attended the 14th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal ...

Gulyas: Quitting EPP ‘just a technical issue’

Fidesz will continue to represent traditional Christian democratic, conservative, family values having quit the European People's Party, the prime minister's chief of staff, Gergely Gulyas, told MTI after talking to Markus Soder, leader of the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) and the province's prime ...

Fidesz' task now is to help build a new European democratic right wing, PM says

Orbán slams EPP’s ‘power games’ as Europe grapples with pandemic

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, in a "samizdat" letter published on his website on Thursday, slammed the European People's Party for "indulging itself in power games" while the rest of Europe fights "a life-and-death battle" against the coronavirus pandemic.

Salvini assures Orbán of ‘friendship with Hungarians’

Matteo Salvini, leader of the Italian League party, texted a message to Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Wednesday, assuring Orbán of his "friendship and closeness to the Hungarian nation" after the MEPs of Hungary's ruling Fidesz announced to leave the European People's Party (EPP) ...

Tadeusz Koscinski: Hungary is an attractive place to invest and run business, and not only for Polish entrepreneurs

V4 poised to become ‘EU powerhouse’, says Polish finance minister

The CEE region and the V4 in particular are on their way to become one of the most important economic engines of the EU, Polish Minister of Finance Tadeusz Koscinski said an interview with hirado.hu. The minister believes that the quick economic rebound of ...

Commitment to clean energy by 2030

UK welcomes Hungary to coal power phase-out alliance

Ministers and key leaders from international organisations, industry and civil society from around the world convened online for the first Global Summit of the Powering Past Coal Alliance on March 2 to discuss actions to accelerate the pace of the transition from coal to ...

Christian Democrat party to remain in European People's Party

Fidesz confirms party’s MEPs have quit EPP group

MEPs of Hungary's ruling Fidesz party are withdrawing from the European People's Party (EPP) group after an amendment to the umbrella party's rules was approved at a group meeting on Wednesday, according to Fidesz MEPs Kinga Gal, the chairperson of the Fidesz-KDNP EP delegation ...