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MEPs & Várhelyi: Protection of minority rights key to EU accession
Olivér Várhelyi said countries wishing to join the EU need to be helped in fully embracing EU values, and their commitments need to be enshrined into national law.
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Várhelyi: EU’s enlargement policy is “very important” for Hungary
Olivér Várhelyi argued that in neighboring countries “challenges of peace, security and welfare” could still lead to instability.
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Várhelyi: EU must establish “new kind of partnership” with Turkey
The European Union must establish a “new kind of partnership” with Turkey both in terms of economic cooperation and their joint handling of migration.
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Várhelyi: EU must develop mutually beneficial cooperation to stop illegal migration
The European Union, EU member states and Mediterranean countries must develop mutually beneficial cooperation to stop illegal migration.
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Commissioner Várhelyi on EU enlargement: We need to speed up accession for the Western Balkans
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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2019 Year in review: Hungary in the EU
As we turn into the home stretch and approach the New Year, it’s worth looking back at what happened this year with Hungary in the European Union.
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Várhelyi encourages speedy EU accession talks with Balkans
European commissioner for enlargement and neighborhood policy, Olivér Várhelyi has said the European Union must offer the Balkan countries a credible outlook for joining the bloc.
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PM Orbán: Gaining EC’s enlargement and neighborhood post was Hungary’s “biggest diplomatic success of the past ten years”
PM Orbán said that over the past ten years Hungary had never managed to attain comparable influence in the EU, and the post would be “the most important” of the next five years.
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PM Orbán: Hungary getting the most important portfolio in the European Commission is the greatest diplomatic success in a decade
Regarding Olivér Várhelyi’s new position as European Commissioner, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán emphasized the importance of the Neighborhood and Enlargement portfolio. The prime minister also talked about next year’s agenda and maintaining the country’s economic success.
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State Secretary highlights how Hungarian opposition MEPs failed to derail Várhelyi’s EU commissioner candidacy
State Secretary Zoltán Kovács has highlighted how Hungarian opposition MEPs have failed in their “shameful and hostile” attack to derail Olivér Várhelyi’s candidacy for the post of Hungary’s EU commissioner.
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Várhelyi: What an honor to become part of team Ursula von der Leyen
“The government welcomes that the European Parliament’s foreign affairs committee has supported Várhelyi’s appointment as European commissioner,” the Government Information Center said in a statement.
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Hungary’s EU Commissioner nominee Olivér Várhelyi gets green light from EP Foreign Affairs Committee
Olivér Várhelyi will take up the Enlargement and Neighborhood portfolio in the Commission of Ursula von der Leyen, which is expected to take office December 1.
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Olivér Várhelyi questioned at EP commissioner hearing
Olivér Várhelyi's only objective is “to represent the European Union’s political priorities towards our enlargement and neighborhood partners and to work in a genuine European spirit in the Western Balkans, as well as in the relationship with our Eastern and Southern neighbors.”