Macron Sets Goals of French EU Presidency, Singles Out Hungary and Poland over Rule of Law France took over the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union on January 1, so the French President... 2022.01.20.
FM Szijjártó: “I have an opinion about Swedish democracy, but who cares, I am not Swedish” Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said on Swedish television SVT regarding the situation of democracy in Hungary... 2021.12.13.
Press Roundup: Trouble in Store for Hungarian Relations with Post-Merkel Germany? Right-wing analysts fear that the new left-liberal German government will harshly criticize Hungary and try to encroach on national sovereignty.... 2021.12.13.
Orbán Gov’t Blocks Joint EU Representation at US Democracy Summit Because of Biden’s Snub Hungary is blocking the European Union from participating in U.S. President Joe Biden’s Summit for Democracy later this month because... 2021.12.03.
Justice Minister: Advocate General’s Proposal ‘Not the Verdict, Just an Opinion’ The opinion of the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union that the court should dismiss... 2021.12.02.
Press Roundup: Opposing Takes on Parliamentary Speaker’s Speech to National Security Officials An opposition-leaning commentator believes the Speaker called on the security services to interfere with internal politics and therefore should immediately... 2021.11.30.
Orbán Gov’t Not Invited by US President to Democracy Summit US President Joe Biden has invited some 110 countries to a virtual summit on democracy from December 9-10, the US... 2021.11.24.
PM Candidate Márki-Zay in Brussels: “We will be loyal members of the EU and NATO, not traitors” "We will be loyal members of the European Union and NATO, not traitors,” said Péter Márki-Zay, the joint opposition’s candidate... 2021.11.12.
LIBE Delegation Head: Fair Play in Hungarian Elections ‘Doubtful’ in Light of Fidesz’s Power Hungary has a kind of "one party system," and the fact that "one single party has put its people everywhere,... 2021.10.06.
Two LIBE Delegation Members Call for Stopping ‘Witch-hunt’ against Hungary It is high time to stop a show trial or "witch-hunt" that Hungary is subjected to by European Union institutions,... 2021.10.02.
Certain Aspects of Rule of Law Deteriorated in Hungary, LIBE Delegation Head Says Reservations made in terms of Hungary in 2018 mostly persist, the head of a fact-finding delegation of the European Parliament's... 2021.10.02.
FM Szijjártó: “Viktor Orbán Most Democratic Leader in Europe” Representatives of liberal democracies are trying to "monopolize" the concept of democracy, a "thoroughly antidemocratic approach", Péter Szijjártó, Hungary's foreign... 2021.10.01.
Justice Minister: ‘LIBE Has No Power over Hungary’ Hungary is a free and independent country over which the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs... 2021.10.01.
FM Szijjártó: Cooperation Among Democracies Must Be Based on Mutual Respect Cooperation among the world's democracies must be based on mutual respect rather than criticising and lecturing other countries, Foreign Minister... 2021.09.23.
Fukuyama Asks Budapest Mayor Karácsony About Situation in Hungary American Purpose, a magazine that aims "to defend and promote liberal democracy in the United States," organized a Zoom conference... 2021.09.22.
Foreign Minister: Senator Romney Launched ‘Harsh Attack against Democracy, Press Freedom’ The Hungarian foreign minister said in a post on Sunday that US senator Mitt Romney had launched "a harsh attack... 2021.09.20.
Press Roundup: Repercussions of Afghanistan Left-wing and liberal commentators believe that the Afghanistan crisis is the collective responsibility of the West. A conservative columnist think... 2021.08.30.
PM Orbán: Hungarians Still in Afghanistan Must Be Safely Evacuated The Hungarians still in Afghanistan, among them soldiers, must be safely evacuated from the country, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said... 2021.08.23.
CoE Calls on Hungary to Reconsider Constitutional Amendments The Venice Commission has called on the government to reconsider recent amendments to Hungary's constitution so as "to avoid possible... 2021.07.06.
