Austria Loses EU Court Case against Hungarian Nuclear Power Plant The second-highest court of the EU has dismissed Austria's appeal against the Paks nuclear expansion. The Hungarian foreign minister said... 2022.12.01.
Croatian Prime Minister: Hungary’s Dual Pricing of Petrol Goes against EU Law Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic told a European People's Party congress in Rotterdam that he finds Hungary's dual pricing of... 2022.06.02.
CNN: Erdoğan and Orbán Are Putin’s Allies, They Have to Be Made “Irrelevant” On Tuesday, an opinion piece was published on CNN, stating that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Turkish Prime Minister... 2022.05.18.
Rule of Law Mechanism Against Hungary Starts on Wednesday The European Commission will send a letter to the Hungarian government informing them of the start of the procedure to... 2022.04.26.
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 Ruling on Rule of Law Fund Cuts: EC Satisfied, EP Impatient, Fidesz Critical "I welcome these judgments, which follow the position that the Commission, the European Parliament, the Council, and ten Member States... 2022.02.17.
Govt Reaction to CJEU Decision: “It’s about the Child Protection Act, not the Rule of Law” After the Court of Justice of the European Union rejected Hungary and Poland’s complaint that the EU may cut funds... 2022.02.16.
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.
EU Justice Commissioner: International Observers Needed for Hungarian Elections Didier Reynders, the European Union's Justice Commissioner, is in favor of having observers at the Hungarian parliamentary elections in April.... 2022.02.02.
Viktor Orbán Opposes Federal Europe in “Samizdat 16” Member states of the European Union must not accept a situation in which political decisions are taken by the European... 2022.01.29.
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.
Hungary, Poland Suit Against Rule-of-law Conditionality ‘Should Be Dismissed,’ ECJ Advocate General Says Campos Sánchez-Bordona, the Advocate-General of the European Court of Justice, on Thursday issued an opinion that Hungary and Poland's suit... 2021.12.02.
JM Varga Says European Commission Wants Hungary to Let Migrants In The European Court of Justice and the European Commission's ruling on the "Stop Soros" law package aims to get Hungary... 2021.11.20.
Merkel Calls for EC to Attempt Compromise Before Halting Funds, but Commission Planning to Use Rule-of-Law Tool within Days Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel has asked the European Union to try to find some compromise with Polish and Hungarian... 2021.10.19.
Govt Official: Global Minimum Tax against Hungary’s Interests Hungary refuses to give up its financial sovereignty by introducing a global minimum corporate tax rate, finance ministry state secretary... 2021.08.14.
Ministry of Justice Shares Numbers on Covert Intelligence Authorizations From the beginning of 2021 until news broke out of the Pegasus case, Justice Minister Judit Varga gave permission for... 2021.08.13.
European Commission Sues Hungary over Refugee Rules The European Commission has filed a lawsuit with the Court of Justice of the EU against Hungary for what the... 2021.07.15.
Justice Minister: EU Court Rushing Adjudication of Rule of Law Issue The European court, at the behest of the European Parliament, is fastracking a procedure related to the rule of law... 2021.06.12.
European Parliament Pressures Commission to Act Against Hungary MEPs have voted that if the European Commission does not initiate its rule of law procedure against Hungary and Poland,... 2021.06.11.
European Court: Hungary Failing to Comply with Tobacco Excise Tax Hike Hungary has failed to comply with European Union regulations by keeping the excise tax on tobacco products below the required... 2021.03.25.