News in Brief PM Orbán: Frans Timmermans could be rejected solely because he is “George Soros’s man” Jul 02, 2019 The Prime Minister said the main reason for the Visegrad countries not supporting Timmermans is because “he is a fighter of ideologies and he is against anyone who has a different view of the world.”
Blog Smoky backroom deals in Berlin, Paris and Brussels Jul 01, 2019 - Zoltán Kovács It was supposed to be a thing of the past. So-called powerbrokers, self-appointed and unaccountable, conspiring furtively by telephone and in secret meetings to cut deals to dole out positions of power with a cynical disregard for the will of the voters.
News in Brief FM: Government does not support either Manfred Weber or Frans Timmermans to fill top EU positions Jun 24, 2019 Péter Szijjártó said Hungary will only support candidates who have respect toward European nations, take up the cause of protecting Christian culture and stand for stopping migration rather than supporting it.
News in Brief PM Orbán: Weber and Timmermans departure is good news for Hungary Jun 24, 2019 The Prime Minister said the Hungarian people did not want Manfred Weber or Frans Timmermans leading the European Union.
News in Brief V4 countries won’t support Weber or Timmermans Jun 19, 2019 Citizens of the V4 countries feel equally skeptical about EPP candidate Manfred Weber and the socialist Frans Timmermans, reveals a recently-conducted survey by the Nezopont Institute.
News in Brief Hungary not supporting Weber or Timmermans, says spokesman May 30, 2019 Zoltán Kovács said Weber had repeatedly offended Hungarians over the past few months while Timmermans “has been in effect lying non-stop” about Hungary during the EP election campaign.
News in Brief What you should know about the European Spitzenkandidaten process May 21, 2019 The 'Spitzenkandidaten process' is a procedure in which by voting in European elections, European citizens not only elect the Parliament itself, but also have a say over who would head the EU executive
News in Brief Fidesz and PM Orbán support election of Manfred Weber as lead candidate of EPP in European parliamentary elections Oct 19, 2018 Two candidates were put forward for the post on Wednesday, former Finnish prime minister Alexander Stubb, who belongs to EPP‘s liberal arm, and current EPP group leader Manfred Weber, the deputy head of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria