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Justice Minister: Hungary fully supports and applies solidarity within the EU
Justice Minister Judit Varga has told an online roundtable that Hungary fully supports and applies solidarity within the European Union.
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Coronavirus Update: Justice Minister says Hungary believes in EU solidarity
Justice Minister Judit Varga attended a European Council’s General Affairs Council (GAC) video conference yesterday, which reviewed national and EU responses to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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Government Spokesperson: During the past three years the V4 has acted against illegal migration while showing true European solidarity
“There is full accord among the countries of the V4, including with relation to the fact that what is happening on the European Union’s borders must be stopped," Zoltán Kovács...
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EU Member States need the right kind of solidarity in the context of the migrant crisis, says minister
The debate on the future of the EU is “open, and as long as there is no agreement, countries sharing different views should not be imposed upon," Zoltán Balog said
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PM Orbán: V4 to provide financial support to Italy to protect borders
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has announced that the Visegrád Four have decided to provide significant financial support and offer assistance to help Italy protect its maritime borders, therefore defending both Europe and Hungary
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The New York Times editors really still don’t get it
“Hungary is making Europe’s migrant crisis worse,” according to the New York Times editorial board in an op-ed published over the weekend. How?
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The false sense of solidarity in Brussels
Protecting the borders of the 510 million-strong European community to ease the migration pressure on the old continent constitutes a meaningful demonstration of solidarity. Enforcing a dysfunctional, semi-legal political decision that only intensifies the illegal migration problem does not. Looks like some of the leading Eurocrats in Brussels have got their thinking twisted around.
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PM Orbán tells Jean-Claude Juncker that his “interpretation of solidarity conforms neither to EU law nor the historical traditions of Hungary”
"I’d like to repeat the Hungarian government’s request that the European Union pay half the cost of Hungarian measures, including the fence, aimed at protecting the common Schengen borders,” PM Orbán said
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Hungarian government is "getting sick of statements concerning solidarity"
“Why isn’t border protection included in the category of solidarity? Aren’t we showing solidarity by sending help to Slovenia and Bulgaria?," Hungary's foreign minister said
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Hungary's border fence is not only protecting the country but also Western Europe, says foreign minister
“Hungary has incurred over 800 million euros in costs and expenses relating to border protection tasks, and we are justified in expecting the EU to refund part of this expenditure based on solidarity," Hungary's foreign minister said