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Kocsis: MPs won't hold vote on transparency law before the summer
Fidesz is united behind making use of a law to protect sovereignty, but a debate is underway about what form the relevant legislation should take.
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Kocsis: We did not join NATO or the European Union to be a serf
Máté Kocsis said the EU leadership was "so committed to Ukraine's entry" that it no longer matters who is an ally or who is an enemy, or a neutral party.
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National Security Service identifies more Ukrainian spies
Máté Kocsis said the aim was to prevent, for instance, the disinformation campaigns that are currently underway from Ukraine, and to protect the Hungarian public space from foreign secret services...
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National security committee to be convened over Magyar’s connection to Ukraine’s influence operations
Máté Kocsis said it was vital to "clarify new information that surfaced in the press today on a connection between Ukrainian influence operations and the Tisza Party".
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Kocsis: Transparency act is best tool for combating Ukrainian propaganda
Máté Kocsis said NGOs and media financed from abroad first spread "migration propaganda before moving on to gender propaganda and then war propaganda".
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Kocsis: Ukrainian secret service operation amounts to a 'smear campaign' against Hungary
Ukraine published a statement on secret service operations last Friday, which was not previously coordinated through secret service channels, prompting a response from Hungary.
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Fidesz supports law on transparency of public life
"The proposal concerns all organizations that conduct activities aimed at influencing (Hungarian) politics, using foreign funds, in a way that harms Hungary's sovereignty," Máté Kocsis said.
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Máté Kocsis: Hungary under political attack from Ukrainian intelligence services
Following a closed session of the National Security Committee, Máté Kocsis and State Secretary Zsolt Barthel-Rúzsa held a joint press conference warning of a coordinated political campaign targeting Hungary.
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Kocsis: Tisza Party has Ukrainian connections that may violate Hungary’s sovereignty
"Hungarians shouldn’t be told what to think from the Ukrainian secret service HQ or from Tisza’s office in Brussels, because they themselves are the only ones who can decide on Ukraine’s EU accession," Máté Kocsis said.
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Kocsis: Ukrainian secret services are in cahoots with the Tisza Party
"The Ukrainian secret services launched a broad defamation campaign against Hungary. Péter Magyar (the leader of Tisza) has sided with Ukraine rather than with Hungary," Máté Kocsis said.
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Kocsis: Fidesz to launch signature drive to remove those plotting with Brussels against Hungary
Máté Kocsis, the ruling party's group leader, insisted that the opposition Tisza Party had made an alliance with the European People's Party "to harm Hungary".
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Kocsis: Best to totally ban media financing from abroad
Máté Kocsis said the international corruption network has bought politicians, journalists, activists and media platforms in Hungary.
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Parliament approves amendment to law connected to protection of children
The amendment was passed in an extraordinary procedure with 136 votes in favor and 27 against.