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Von der Leyen and EC withhold funds from Hungary
The EC president said the EU will continue to withhold some 20 billion euros of cohesion funds until other concerns are addressed.
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Deutsch: Change needed in Brussels over migration shambles
“Change is needed in Brussels,” Tamás Deutsch said, appealing to citizens to respond to the government’s National Consultation questionnaire.
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Ursula von der Leyen congratulates PM Orbán on re-election
Von der Leyen said on Twitter that the community faced unprecedented challenges, adding she was looking forward to working together with Hungary to successfully address them.
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PM Orbán in a letter to Ursula von der Leyen: EC must suspend infringement procedures that undermine the territorial and national integrity of member states and the security of their citizens
The EC must suspend all infringement proceedings that undermine the measures taken by member states to protect the territorial and national integrity and security of their citizens, Prime Minister Viktor...
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Gulyás: VDL state of EU speech was a “huge disappointment”
The president of the European Commission failed to address the most important issues or put forward a plan to stop Europe’s competitive backsliding on the global stage.
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PM Orbán: According to EU founding Treaties, it is a national competence how to raise our children
The European Parliament and the European Commission want LGBTQ activists to be allowed into schools and kindergartens, the Hungarian prime minister said in Belgrade on Thursday.
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PM Orbán disappointed by von der Leyen statement based on "false allegations"
Comments made by Ursula von der Leyen concerning recent Hungarian legislation is a shame because it is based on false allegations.
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PM Orbán: Hungary continues to oppose the migrant quota
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said Hungary continues to oppose the migrant quota, even if the European Commission's new migration and refugee package uses a different term for it.
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State Secretary: EU should cooperate and ease pressure of illegal migration outside the community
The state secretary said Europe’s borders must be controlled; hotspots should be created outside those borders where applications for asylum could be processed.
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President Áder highlights river waste issue with Ursula von der Leyen
President Áder said that despite previous promises by Romania and Ukraine, the flooded rivers flowing into eastern Hungary continue to bring large amounts of waste.
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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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Introducing Olivér Várhelyi, Hungary’s nominee for European Commissioner
In a press conference on Monday evening, Prime Minister Orbán officially nominated seasoned diplomat Olivér Várhelyi, Hungary’s ambassador to the EU, as the country’s next European Commissioner. Here are a few things you should know.