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Bóka: EC appears to continue a policy of no change

Minister Bóka said Hungary with its EU presidency had set the goal "to be the voice of change in the EU and keep the hope for change alive".

EU Affairs Minister János Bóka said people voted for change at the European Parliament elections earlier this year. Still, the new European Commission appears to continue a policy of no change, which will mean the “European Union’s slow agony” from the point of view of the economy.

Minister Bóka told MTI in Strasbourg that Hungary with its EU presidency had set the goal “to be the voice of change in the EU and keep the hope for change alive”.

Contrary to this, the new Commission will practically continue with the practice of “misinterpreting the relations between European institutions and member states, and use resources for exerting political pressure on member states”, he said.

“Hungary wants to step up against this, representing the interests of European citizens,”he added.

“For this a new political majority needs to be established in Europe, and also in European institutions,” Boka said.

“The first steps have already been taken, so more work is needed, further conflicts must be undertaken, but we never back off from them,” Bóka added.

At the same time, he welcomed EC President Ursula von der Leyen’s announcement about the approval of the European competitiveness compass but added that it had been the EC president who managed a completely misguided green transition in the past five years.

The minister said he had already arranged meetings with almost all new EC members to “settle common issues” including access to EU resources, and the Erasmus and Horizon programs.

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