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Justice Minister: European left-wing parties would silence everyone they disagree with
“More respect for Central Europe! More respect for Central European citizens!” the justice minister said.
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Hungary’s ruling Fidesz-KDNP abstains at EP vote on gender equality report
Hungary has been fighting relentlessly to eliminate violence against women for ten years. However, the parliamentary group will not support “documents infringing on member states’ competencies,” it said.
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Gulyás: EPP in leadership crisis
Gergely Gulyás said the European People’s Party is suffering a leadership crisis, recording its worst performance of the past twenty years in the latest European parliamentary elections.
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PM Orbán: Manfred Weber insulted the Hungarian people
The German politician had publicly declared that he did not want to win the office with Hungarian votes.
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FM: EPP is "pursuing a witch hunt" against Hungary's ruling Fidesz party
The foreign minister called for double standards to be set aside and for the restoration of a “culture of mutual respect”.
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PM Orbán: József Szájer's actions are incompatible with Fidesz's values
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has told Magyar Nemzet that József Szájer's actions are incompatible with Fidesz's values.
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Hungarian member of the European Parliament resigns
József Szájer of Hungary's ruling Fidesz party said his decision to resign marked the end of a “long period of reflection”. The resignation will come into effect on December 31.
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Rule of law should apply equally to all EU institutions, too!
Double standards are the worst enemy of the rule of law, and neither the EU nor the European Parliament are exempt from the rule of law.
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Deutsch slams leftist MEPs for “making it their mission to organize attacks against Hungary in Brussels"
Deutsch accused all left-wing Hungarian MEPs of working against their country by “badmouthing others, spreading fake news … lecturing, writing letters and reports to their leftist comrades, and drawing on the constant support of Soros organizations."
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Think tank Századvég pens open letter to European Parliament and Commission
The Századvég Foundation, a conservative think tank established in Hungary in 1993, has reached out to the European Commission and the European Parliament with a letter on the need to distance themselves from the influence of George Soros and his Open Society Foundations, and other affiliated groups.
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Guess who’s back with the idea of a mandatory quota system
As the establishment press in Sweden rarely allows non-mainstream opinions to be published, I have no other option but to respond to Swedish Left Party MEP Malin Björk’s concerned letter to EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson here, on About Hungary.
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Hungarian MEPs urge EP to denounce anti-Semitic Jobbik politician
Hungarian MEPs Tamás Deutsch and József Szájer point to the "alarming move" by Hungarian opposition parties to field a candidate who has made such offensive remarks.
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Fidesz MEPs express outrage over unveiling of Lenin statue in western Germany
MEPs from the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance have expressed outrage over the recent unveiling of a statue of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin in western Germany.