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Pintér: Schengen area must be treated as top priority by all EU member states
Interior Minister Sándor Pintér said the Schengen area is still under serious pressure from migration.
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PM Orbán: Hungarians want to make their own decisions about what kind of government they have
The prime minister vowed that Hungary would oppose "this plan by Brussels to delegate a government here".
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PM Orbán: Brussels aims to topple the Hungarian government instead of addressing European issues
In a recent interview with Kossuth Radio, Prime Minister Orbán laid out a series of challenges facing Hungary and Europe, highlighting tensions with Brussels.
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PM Orbán: Europe must be protected from the European left-wing
The prime minister said they [the left] think democracy only exists as long as they win and ends as soon as the right wins.
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Pintér: Fight against organised crime among Hungary's EU Presidency priorities
"A war and fighting is currently underway at the EU borders, which makes it all the more important to fulfil Schengen expectations," Pintér said.
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Hungary's house prices rose 6.7% year-on-year in September
Prices of homes in Budapest averaged HUF 1,070,000/sqm at the start of October but were as high as HUF 1,730,000/sqm in central District V.
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Hungarian MEPs address EP's plenary session on rule of law report
Andras Laszlo, an MEP of ruling Fidesz, said that the rule of law report "has become a political weapon and its own parody" which served mostly "to show us the [European] Commission's political approach towards individual governments".
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PM Orbán proposes Schengen summit to tackle migration
The prime minister said the EU did not have a successful common migration policy and member states were trying to protect themselves individually.
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House Speaker: Serbia 'has much to hope from Hungary' during its EU integration
László Kövér said Vojvodina Hungarians would be a link between Serbia and Hungary as well as Serbia and the EU.
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Hungary and Serbia sign agreement to modify tax treaty
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Hungarian-Serbian Joint Economic Commission meets in Budapest
Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said cooperation between the two countries had benefitted both in terms of ensuring energy supply.
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PM Orbán: Europe will never be complete without the integration of the Balkans
"We promised to the Western Balkans countries twenty years ago that they will be given entry, and it is time to fulfil the promise," the prime minister said.
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Nagy: A new economic order is taking shape in the world
Some of the EU's measures have contributed to the formation of blocs and could pave the way for an "economic cold war", Minister Nagy said.
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Bóka: Hungary 'opts-out' from the EU’s asylum and migration regulations
Hungary remains dedicated to the Schengen area, Bóka said, "which has unfortunately become fragmented" due to illegal migration as well as extended and widely introduced internal border controls.
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Hungarian government puts stricter emission caps in place
Hungary has maintained EU caps, but the government decided to bring in stricter regulations.
Speeches and Remarks
Press statement by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at an international press conference
8 October 2024, Strasbourg