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MEP: More than 1.2 million sign petition on Ukraine's potential EU membership
Csaba Dömötör said fast-tracking Ukraine into the EU would "devastate the already struggling European economy".
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MEP: EC signed at least 37,000 contracts with NGOs worth 17 billion euros in recent years
The list of organisations included a multitude of organisations that were supposed to be civic, but they were in fact involved in political activities.
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Fidesz MEP: Although Magyar may deny it, Brussels wants to fast-track Ukraine's EU accession
Csaba Dömötör said the screening process was taking place "with unprecedented speed" and the Commission was helping Ukraine full steam ahead.
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Dömötör: EP admits Tisza party is intended beneficiary of rule-of-law procedure against Hungary
Fidesz MEP Csaba Dömötör said other opposition parties, the Democratic Coalition and Momentum, had quietly lobbied for punitive measures against Hungary.
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Fidesz MEPs turn to European Ombudsman over financing of NGOs
Csaba Dömötör said Fidesz MEPs would again submit their requests for information. "If we're denied entry through the door, we'll knock again ... but more firmly," he said.
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MEP: EC send rejection response to NGO funding requests
European Parliament's Patriots for Europe group has submitted 86 requests for access to data of public interest to the European Commission over the funding of NGOs, "but the response was rejection".
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Fidesz MEP: Péter Magyar has been caught and is lying
Csaba Dömötör said on Facebook that the recent "pro-war EP resolution" had been fully in the public domain since Tuesday and Magyar's name had appeared on it until very recently.
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Dömötör: Péter Magyar has signed a document showing he wants Ukraine war to continue
Péter Magyar said later on Wednesday that his signature had appeared on the document by mistake.
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Dömötör: PfE group summit was a 'huge demonstration of strength'
Csaba Dömötör said that for this strong border protection, recovering competitiveness, stronger family policy, less "ideological foolishness" and more honest words were needed.
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Dömötör: EP's liberal majority benefitting from social media censorship
Csaba Dömötör said the Patriots group was calling on the EP to set up an investigative committee with a view to uncovering the types of content being censored in Europe.
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Fidesz MEP: Patriots for Europe are setting up a vetting committee on Facebook censorship
"Many people in the European Parliament often cite the freedom of speech and basic values of constitutionality. It will now show how much they take them seriously," Csaba Dömötör said.
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Tamás Deutsch: The TISZA party voted to punish Hungary and sided with Brussels over national interests
Fidesz-KDNP MEP Tamás Deutsch criticized the Tisza Party for consistently supporting Brussels’ migration agenda in the European Parliament, “which would turn Hungary into a migrant country by forcing the entry of illegal migrants.”
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Fidesz MEP: Phasing out farm subsidies would be a huge blow to Hungary's agriculture sector
Phasing out area-based farm subsidies would be a huge blow to Hungary's agriculture sector as 160,000 farmers currently receive around 550 billion forints (EUR 1.37bn) from the European Union.