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.
Gov’t to Ask EU to Help Cover Border Protection Costs Hungary will send a letter to the European Commission asking it to cover at least part of the costs of... 2021.10.29.
Justice Minister Slams ‘Western Double Standards’ Justice Minister Judit Varga slammed "hypocritical Western double standards" on Facebook on Thursday. Varga said in her English-language post entitled... 2021.04.23.
Novák: Fidesz ‘Ready to Fill House of European Conservatives with Life’ Deputy head of ruling Fidesz Katalin Novák said in German Sunday newspaper Welt am Sontag that Fidesz is ready to... 2021.04.12.
Orbán, Salvini, and Kaczyński In Talks to Create New EU Party Group Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has confirmed that he has been in talks with Italian and Polish MEPs to discuss the... 2021.03.10.
PMO Head Gulyás: Quitting EPP ‘Just a Technical Issue’ Fidesz will continue to represent traditional Christian democratic, conservative, family values having quit the European People's Party, the prime minister's... 2021.03.06.
FM Szijjártó Blasts Weber for ‘Prioritising Fidesz’s Removal Over Pandemic Response’ Manfred Weber, the group leader of the conservative European People's Party, "should be ashamed" for "organising the removal" of Fidesz... 2021.03.04.
Fidesz MEPs Leave EPP Group Following New Ruling on Party Suspensions After the European People's Party passed its vote allowing for the suspension of its member parties, Viktor Orbán sent a... 2021.03.03.
Fidesz Drifting Away from European Values, or EPP from Conservative Values? – Reactions on Fidesz MEPs Leaving EPP Group Following years of conflict, originating from debates on the European values as well as personal conflicts, Hungary’s governing party has... 2021.03.03.
Hungarian Press Roundup: PM Orbán Warns Fidesz May Quit EPP Group Commentators express diametrically opposing views about the prospect of Fidesz leaving the People’s Party group within the European Parliament. Hungarian... 2021.03.03.
Newly Elected CDU Leader Laschet Unlikely to Seal EPP-Fate of Fidesz On Saturday, Germany’s ruling Christian Democrats (CDU) elected Armin Laschet, prime minister of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, as... 2021.01.18.
EPP Seemingly Preparing to Expel Fidesz The European People's Party is trying to create the legal means to expel Fidesz, and has set up a "task... 2021.01.14.
Orbán: Manfred Weber ‘Has Joined the Elite Club of the Left’ In a response to criticisms by European People's Party group leader Manfred Weber, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has defended the... 2020.12.30.
Orbán: Weber Affair ‘Was Not About Me, but about Insulting Hungarians’ Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Manfred Weber, the head of the European People's Party (EPP), "insulted the Hungarian people" in... 2020.12.21.
Fidesz MEP Deutsch Not Expelled from EPP Group but Faces Strict Consequences after Harsh Remarks Deputies of the European People's Party (EPP) in the European Parliament have strongly condemned critical statements made by Tamás Deutsch,... 2020.12.17.
Fidesz MEP Deutsch Apologises to EPP for Harsh Criticism Tamás Deutsch, an MEP of ruling Fidesz, has sent a letter to members of the European People's Party apologising for... 2020.12.16.
Wednesday’s (Potential) EPP Vote on Deutsch’s Expulsion Can Trigger Hard Aftereffects The European People's Party (EPP) is scheduled to possibly vote on Tamás Deutsch's expulsion from the party's EP group on... 2020.12.15.
Orbán Proposes Loosening Ties between Fidesz and the EPP In a letter to Manfred Weber, the faction leader of the European People's Party (EPP) in the European Parliament, Hungarian... 2020.12.08.
Deutsch: I Already Apologized to Weber, EPP Motion for Expulsion ‘Unjustified’ On the heels of an initiative for his explusion from the European People's Party (EPP), Fidesz MEP Tamás Deutsch explains... 2020.12.04.
PM Orbán Sticks to Veto of EU Budget if Rule of Law Conditionality Stays Hungary insists that economic matters should be separated from the "politically controversial" rule of law conditionality, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán... 2020.12.04.
Signature Drive in EPP for Fidesz MEP Deutsch’s Expulsion After Gestapo Comparison After Tamás Deutsch compared the EPP's insistence on the rule of law criteria to communist and Nazi-like methods, certain EPP... 2020.12.02.
