Budapest Mayor Calls for Urgent Talks on EU Funding Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony is pressing for urgent talks with the government in the interest of accessing European Union funding... 2022.06.20.
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.
Hungarian Fact-checking Site to Be Set Up with European Commission’s Support With the support of the European Commission, Magyar Jeti Zrt, publisher of 444.hu and Qubit, is launching a Hungarian fact-checking... 2021.10.28.
EC to Delay Approval of Hungary’s Recovery Plan The European Commission will propose prolonging the assessment period of Hungary's recovery plan, in which the country has requested 7.2... 2021.07.13.
European Commission to Reject Endorsement of Hungary’s Recovery Plan? Brussels won't give the green light to Hungary's plan for utilizing the European Union’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) for... 2021.07.08.
PMO Head on LGBT+ Restrictive Law: Hungary Committed to Child Protection Hungary is committed to child protection and will resist the push by Brussels to get the country to allow LGBTQ... 2021.07.08.
Rule of Law Mechanism ‘Not Possible’ Over Child Protection’s Law’s LGBTQ-Restrictive Parts The European Commission cannot apply the rule of law mechanism in connection with the LGBT-restrictive features of the Hungarian government's... 2021.07.01.
Rule of Law Concerns Risk of Hungary’s EU Funds, Gov’t Claims Proceeding Politically Motivated The Court of Justice of the European Union dismissed Hungary's legal challenge to overturn a European Parliament resolution that triggered... 2021.06.04.
Justice Minister: EC Vice President Jourova ‘Has Put Political Pressure on EU Court’ Brussels is trying to destroy traditional values by using rule-of-law blackmail and sanctions, Justice Minister Judit Varga said on Saturday.... 2021.03.22.
Another Round Between EC Jourová and Orbán Gov’t Over ‘Sick Democracy’ Comment “For me, the situation in Hungary is the most worrying (...) I still believe it is a sick democracy,” European... 2021.02.25.
FM Szijjártó: Quick Inoculation Needed to Save Lives and Jobs Speeding up coronavirus vaccination is in Hungary's national interest, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó told public broadcaster Kossuth Radio on Sunday... 2021.01.25.
EU Commissioner Jourová Warns Hungary About Rule of Law Issues Hungary could potentially face the blockage of substantial funding from the European Union if it does not respect the EU's... 2021.01.21.
Uproar Follows EC’s Rejection of Minority Safepack Initiative Despite more than one million signatures collected across Europe, the European Parliament's and the Bundestag's backing of the Minority SafePack... 2021.01.18.
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.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Row over Rule of Law Conditionality Rumbles on Commentators on Left and Right ponder the broader implications of the EU’s rule of law conditionality. Most importantly, they try... 2020.12.14.
Orbán: EU Maintained Unity and Won, Soros Lost The European Union has maintained its unity and won, George Soros lost and it would be time for Europeans to... 2020.12.14.
Justice Min: EU Trying ‘to Show Member States How to Make Democracy’ Hungary's justice minister on Friday slammed what she called "Brussels institutions with grave democratic deficits" for wanting "to show Member... 2020.12.04.
EP Debate on Hungarian Interference in Slovenian and North Macedonian Media A Fidesz MEP has slammed a debate held in the European Parliament on Wednesday on Hungarian influence in Slovenian and... 2020.11.26.
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.
State Secy Kovács: Commissioners Jourova, Reynders ‘Undermine’ EC’s Reputation European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova and Commissioner Didier Reynders bring their ideological convictions to office, which undermines the reputation... 2020.11.14.
EU Funds Tied to Rule of Law Criteria: Gov’t Furious, Momentum and Verhofstadt Happy Leaders of the EU Member States have agreed with the European Parliament to make the next seven-year budget cycle conditional... 2020.11.05.
