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PM Orbán on the V4: ‘We have never been stronger than we are now’

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PM Orbán hands over V4 presidency to Slovakia

Jun 22, 2018

Hungary’s neighbor will lead the group for one year from July 1st. Slovakia’s prime minister Peter Pellegrini said, “thanks to the Hungarian presidency, Visegrád’s voice has rung out loudly”

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Government Spokesperson: During the past three years the V4 has acted against illegal migration while showing true European solidarity

Jun 22, 2018

“There is full accord among the countries of the V4, including with relation to the fact that what is happening on the European Union’s borders must be stopped," Zoltán Kovács said

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European Commission says it will examine Hungary’s new legislative package to determine whether it falls in line with EU law

Jun 22, 2018

An EU commission spokesman said on Thursday that it will also take the Venice Commission’s opinion into consideration when evaluating the new law

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PMs of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia will not attend an EU mini-summit on migration

Jun 22, 2018

PM Orbán said the Visegrad Group and Austria agreed that the European Union must be in a position to protect its external borders against migrants and ensure security for its citizens

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PM Orbán on the V4: ‘We have never been stronger than we are now’

In his regular Friday morning interview on Hungary’s public radio, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán talked about the Stop Soros package, migration, a “disturbance in the force” within the EU, and the Visegrád Group. “We have never been stronger than we are now,” he said, referring to yesterday’s Visegrád Four plus Austria summit.