Nine EU Countries Ask EU for Financial Help Due to Ukrainian Refugees Nine EU Member States, including Hungary, are jointly asking Brussels for financial assistance. The countries most affected by the wave... 2022.04.22.
EC Activates Rule-of-Law Conditionality Mechanism against Hungary The European Commission has formally notified Hungary that they are activating the mechanism in the European Union budget, which links... 2022.04.06.
EC Commissioner: “We will launch rule of law mechanism against Hungary” Speaking to the Austrian news portal Tiroler Tageszeitung, the Commissioner for Budget and Administration, Johannes Hahn, has announced that he... 2022.04.05.
CJEU Rejects Actions by Poland and Hungary Against Rule of Law Mechanism The Court of Justice of the European Union has rejected Hungary's and Poland's complaint that the EU may cut funds... 2022.02.16.
Hungary, Poland Challenge EU in Court over Funding Linked to Rule of Law Hungary and Poland have filed a suit in connection with the mechanism in the European Union budget that links EU... 2021.03.11.
Budapest, Warsaw Mayors: Hungary, Poland Govts ‘Back from the Brink’ The Hungarian and Polish governments "stepped back from the brink" in the last moment; "they could be hailing a victory... 2020.12.12.
Gov’t Spox: Hungary, Poland Protected ‘Money of Hungarians and Poles’ Zoltán Kovács, the state secretary for international communication and relations, said that Hungary and Poland had successfully protected the monies... 2020.12.12.
EU Leaders Content with Agreement, Macron Celebrates, Soros Thinks Orbán Won After the EU summit where an agreement was reached between the German government and the Hungarian and Polish governments, on... 2020.12.11.
DK calls on PM Orbán to Drop Veto Plans on EU Budget The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has called on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to withdraw plans to veto the European Union's... 2020.12.05.
Justice Minister: ‘Irresponsible’ from Brussels Not to Focus on Solving Problems Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga called it "morally irresponsible" on the part of Brussels "not to focus on solving problems... 2020.11.28.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Hungary and Poland Defiant over Rule of Law Criteria A pro-government and a liberal commentator both find it unlikely that the EU can broker a deal with Hungary and... 2020.11.28.
DK: Govt’s EU Budget Veto Would Strip Country of Eur 39 Bn Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's planned veto of the European Union's next budget would deprive Hungary of at least 14,000 billion... 2020.11.28.
Government Spokesman Calls for EC Vice-President Jourova’s Resignation Zoltán Kovács, the state secretary for international communications, called for the resignation of European Commission Vice-President Vera Jourova on Friday,... 2020.11.21.
Soros: Europe Must Stand up to Hungary and Poland US financier George Soros said in an opinion piece published on commentary portal Project Syndicate that Europe must stand up... 2020.11.19.
LMP: Govt ‘Willing to Sacrifice Lives’ with EU Budget Veto The co-leader of the opposition LMP party on Wednesday called Hungary and Poland's veto of the European Union's seven-year budget... 2020.11.18.
Prime Minister Orbán: Hungary’s EU Budget Veto in Line with Treaties The Hungarian government has vetoed the European Union's budget package in line with its position communicated during the summit this... 2020.11.18.
Justice Minister: Hungary Fighting for Europe, Not Against Justice Minister Judit Varga said that ahead of the final decision on the European Union's next budget framework it must... 2020.11.16.
Justice Minister: Hungary Govt Could Be ‘Forced’ to Reject EU Budget The Hungarian government could be "forced" to reject the next European Union budget and the bloc's coronavirus recovery package if... 2020.11.06.
‘Not to Be Taken for Fools’ – Gov’t on Establishing Hungarian-Polish Rule of Law Institute "We need to show to Europe that there might be an alternative interpretation," Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga told British... 2020.10.31.
PM Orbán Briefs Parliament on Results at EU Summit Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has sent a letter to House Speaker László Kövér, briefing parliament on the results of the... 2020.08.11.
Ruling Parties Boycott Extraordinary Parl’t Meeting on EU Budget Summit The extraordinary meeting of the National Assembly lasted a mere 30 minutes after the ruling parties' MPs failed to turn... 2020.08.04.
