Fidesz MEP: ‘Political pressure, attacks’ on Transcarpathian Hungarians ‘unacceptable’
Central political pressure exerted in Ukraine on Transcarpathian Hungarians and "attacks" directed against the community and their leaders are "unacceptable", Andrea Bocskor, an MEP for Hungary's ruling Fidesz, told Hungarian journalists on Wednesday, calling on Brussels to address the matter.
Szijjarto has talks with Russia’s new energy minister
Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on Wednesday said he had discussed Russian gas supplies to Hungary in a phone call with Nikolai Shulginov, Russia's new energy minister.
Szijjarto blasts Ukraine secret service raids on ethnic Hungarian institutions
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has slammed a series of raids by Ukrainian authorities on the premises of ethnic Hungarian institutions in the neighbouring country, calling it an "attack" on a minority community belonging to a NATO country.
Government protests Ukrainian authorities’ raid of ethnic Hungarian institutions
The Hungarian government has turned to the Ukrainian foreign ministry in protest against raids of ethnic Hungarian institutions in Transcarpathia, and has summoned the Ukrainian ambassador to the Hungarian foreign ministry, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Facebook on Monday evening.
Reynders hopes that the two countries will consider finding a solution to outstanding issues
EU Commissioner calls for continued Article 7 procedure against Hungary, Poland
The European Union's Article 7 procedures currently under way against Hungary and Poland should be upheld until issues around the rule of law in those countries are resolved, Didier Reynders, EU Commissioner for Justice, told the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice, and ...
Hungary wants to eliminate the use of double standards, Speaker says
Kover: EU institutional system in need of reform
The European Union's institutional system is in need of reform, Speaker of Parliament Laszlo Kover said in an interview to Saturday's online edition of the daily Magyar Hirlap, arguing that the bloc's institutions had "strayed too far" from their original principles.
Morawiecki: Rule of law mechanism could lead to EU disintegration
Orbán: Hungary won’t accept proposal deemed unacceptable by Poland
Hungary will not accept any proposal on the European Union's next multi-year budget and post-pandemic recovery fund that Poland deems unacceptable, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a press statement after talks with his Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki. Linking the political debate concerning the ...
A consensus will be reached no matter how contentious many are at present, MEP says
Deutsch: EU tyranny could take place of communist tyranny
By linking European Union funding to the criteria of rule of law, an EU tyranny could take the place of the decades of communist tyranny, Tamas Deutsch, an MEP of ruling Fidesz-KDNP, said on public radio.
EU turns a blind eye to issues elsewhere, Varga tells ministers
Justice minister: ‘Double standards’ on rule of law ‘unacceptable’
Justice Minister Judit Varga told a meeting involving European affairs ministers on Tuesday that "double standards" regarding the rule of law were "unacceptable".
The issue of the budget and the recovery fund could go back before the European Council
Hungary ‘not the cause’ of EU budget veto
The veto of the European Union budget and recovery fund was not caused by Hungary but by those who created the conditions leading to it, Zoltan Kovacs, the state secretary for international communications, told public news broadcaster M1 on Monday evening.
