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Commissioner Várhelyi on EU enlargement: We need to speed up accession for the Western Balkans

Feb 12, 2020 - Zoltán Kovács

Speaking at the European Parliament’s plenary session in Strasbourg on Monday, Olivér Várhelyi, the European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement, said that in order to maintain its credibility, the EU must “speed up” accession for the Western Balkans and “make it more dynamic.”

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FM: Hungary is committed to working in support of EU enlargement

Oct 25, 2019

The Foreign Minister said the EU’s continued enlargement and the integration of the Western Balkans are in Hungary’s strategic and economic interest.

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Hungary and Romania support boost to Western Balkans’ European integration

Feb 11, 2019

Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said the Western Balkans’ European integration lies in the EU’s economic and security interests

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FM: Western Balkans needs help to fight illegal migration

Nov 16, 2018

“Rather than chaotically distributing all kinds of anonymous [pre-paid bank] cards for migrants, help should be provided to Western Balkan countries so they can stop inflows of migrants,” the foreign minister said

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FM: Migration pressure in the Western Balkans has reached and “at times exceeded” the level seen in 2015

Jul 03, 2018

Péter Szijjártó, minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said Hungary is ready to stand by Montenegro in its fight against waves of illegal migration

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President Áder reveals B9 group support NATO integration of Western Balkans

Jun 11, 2018

President Áder also said that B9 participants had discussed ways to increase NATO’s budget and enhance security in member states

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Hungary’s FM: The EU should speed up Western Balkan enlargement process

Apr 27, 2018

Péter Szijjártó, minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said the EU should open all the chapters of the Serbian and Montenegrin accession negotiations before the end of this year

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Hungary is committed to promoting the Euro-Atlantic integration of the countries of the Western Balkans region, says government official

Mar 26, 2018

In addition to the enlargement of the EU, the minister further stressed the importance of NATO accession aspirations

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V4 stands firmly behind plans to expand the EU to include the countries of the western Balkans

Oct 12, 2017

Poland’s head of diplomacy said the V4 backed all EU integration endeavors and an open-door policy

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PM Orbán and Hungary's foreign minister meet V4 and EU representatives to discuss western Balkans

Jul 11, 2017

V4 ministers and representatives from Croatia, Austria and Slovenia were in Budapest to attend a meeting with Péter Szijjártó, minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade

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PM Orbán calls for a Western Balkan enlargement of NATO and the EU to improve security measures

Mar 24, 2017

Hungary says that the European wing of Europe’s defense system – the North Atlantic Treaty Organization – must be strengthened as soon as possible

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Hungary to send police to Serbia and Macedonia to patrol migration routes

Feb 06, 2017

According to Chief Police Commissioner Zsolt Halmosi there will be 15- and 25-person units patrolling in the interests of preventing and discovering attempts to illegally cross the borders

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Hungary tells Juncker to accept Balkan states into the EU

Nov 30, 2016

Several Balkan states have expressed a desire to join the European Union but Brussels does not appear keen to bring any more countries in at the moment

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The EU hasn't faced this many challenges since World War II

Aug 30, 2016

The Visegrad Four (V4) group comprising Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and the Czech Republic is the tightest and most effective alliance in Europe and one that can help bring Europe out of its current troubles

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Hungary is the most obvious route into EU for asylum seekers

May 13, 2016

Migrants pay taxi drivers 100 EUR to be smuggled to the Hungarian border