The containment effort of the fight against the coronavirus epidemic is entering a new phase, Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced on his Facebook account on Wednesday evening. Continue reading “Containment effort is entering a new phase”
Thirteen European Union countries expressed concern over Hungary’s new law which enhances government powers to tackle the novel coronavirus epidemic in a joint statement on Wednesday. Continue reading “EU govts express concern”
Hungary has yet again “come under fire from the international liberal mainstream”, Peter Szijjarto, the foreign minister, said on Tuesday on Facebook. Continue reading “Szijjarto: Hungary again under fire from international liberal mainstream”
Hungary wants the European Council to accept the position that migration should be stopped rather than managed, Zoltan Kovacs, the state secretary for international communications and relations, said during a visit to London on Monday. Continue reading
Hungary’s government wants to see the European Union’s strategic agenda for the next five years address national competencies concerning the issue of migration, respect for sovereignty and the protection of Christian culture, the state secretary for international communications and relations said on Thursday. Continue reading “Next EU agenda must address migration, sovereignty and Christianity”
Finland – who wolds the the presidency of the Council of the EU from the 1st of July – wants to speed up the Article 7 procedure against Hungary and hold a formal hearing in the General Affairs Council, diplomatic sources told Euronews. Continue reading “Finnish presidency to increase pressure on Hungary”
Hungary’s government is not backing either the European People’s Party’s Manfred Weber or the Social Democrats’ Frans Timmermans for the role of European Commission president, the state secretary for international communications and relations said on Wednesday. Continue reading “Govt backs neither Weber nor Timmermans”
Zoltan Kovacs, the state secretary for international communication and relations, on Monday slammed the European Commission’s figures on trust in the individual member states’ justice systems, saying judiciary independence cannot be measured in opinion polls. Continue reading “Govt spox slams EC list of trust in judiciary”
The issue of migration is making the European parliamentary elections in May “decisive” for the continent and the European Union, the Hungarian state secretary for international communication and relations said on Swedish public television late on Sunday. Continue reading “Kovacs: EP election decisive due to migration”
Speaking to Die Welt, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban accused the European left of staging the attack against his party in the European People’s Party (EPP). Continue reading “Orban: Juncker to be replaced with Timmermans on the posters”
