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FM: CEE supports Hungary’s policy of promoting EU integration of Western Balkans
Minister Szijjártó noted that five Western Balkan countries had been waiting to join the EU “for 14 years and 10 months on average”.
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FM: Hungary’s will be the “most pro-enlargement EU presidency of all time”
The focus during accession talks would be on the actual performance of candidate countries rather than bowing to political pressure.
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FM: Hungary could improve energy relations with Croatia
The foreign minister said energy cooperation is the “weakest link” in bilateral ties with Croatia.
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FM: EU countries must “stop being hypocritical" to speed up enlargement
Minister Szijjártó said the EU was gradually becoming weaker, falling to third place in the global GDP ranking last year, adding that Brussels appeared to be closing itself off rather than...
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Bóka: EU’s enlargement process is becoming increasingly politicized
János Bóka said that rather than being driven by rational decisions, the European Union’s enlargement process is becoming increasingly politicized.
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FM: Pro-enlargement countries are in the minority in EU
The foreign minister lamented that the EU had not admitted a new member in 10 years, that the bloc had not closed a single accession chapter with any of the candidate countries in six years, and that a new chapter was last opened two years ago.
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FM: Ukraine’s EU accession would bring war to the bloc
The foreign minister said Ukraine will be unfit for European Union membership until peace can be established in the country.
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Fidesz MEP: Narrowing of minority rights in Ukraine is unacceptable
Andrea Bocskor said in a statement that one of the conditions for EU candidacy is guaranteeing the rights of national minorities, and Ukraine’s minority law failed to do this sufficiently.
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President Novák: Hungary cannot be ignored when it comes to EU enlargement in Western Balkans
The president said Hungary would speed up the enlargement process when it holds the EU’s rotating presidency in the second half of next year.
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FM: Hungary is doing everything possible to help the Western Balkans
“Europe does not need another security challenge, and the Western Balkans’ peace and stability is crucial," the foreign minister said.
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FM: Hungary sees no obstacles to Georgia receiving EU candidate status
Minister Szijjártó insisted that the EU treated Georgia unfairly by not awarding the country candidate status alongside Moldova and Ukraine.
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PM Orbán: Unacceptable and shameful that EU enlargement is advancing so slowly
It is only in the Balkans that Europe will find new impetus for economic growth and maintaining its competitiveness, the prime minister said, calling for the integration of the region to be speeded up.
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Foreign Minister calls for enlargement of EU to be speeded up
Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said Hungary is a staunch supporter of the European integration of the Western Balkans.