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PM Orbán: Europe must be protected from the European left-wing
The prime minister said they [the left] think democracy only exists as long as they win and ends as soon as the right wins.
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Hungarian MEPs address EP's plenary session on rule of law report
Andras Laszlo, an MEP of ruling Fidesz, said that the rule of law report "has become a political weapon and its own parody" which served mostly "to show us the...
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PM Orbán: Migration and security threats could disintegrate the Schengen Area
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán issued a stark warning during his speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, pointing out that migration and security threats are pushing the Schengen Area towards...
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PM Orbán: The European Union must change, and Hungary will lead that change
During a press briefing at the European Parliament, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán outlined Hungary’s vision for its EU presidency, stressing that the European Union must adapt to face today’s challenges.
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Press statement by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at an international press conference
8 October 2024, Strasbourg
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Dömötör: Tisza Party is 'carrying on where Momentum left off'
Csaba Dömötör said on Facebook that Tisza MEPs were now trying to meddle with Hungary's energy price subsidy system.
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Menczer: Brussels has launched yet another attack against Hungary and Hungarians
“We reject the renewed attack by Brussels and will defend Hungary’s sovereignty,” Tamás Menczer said.
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Foreign Minister calls for earliest possible peace in Ukraine
The foreign minister said the international community’s primary task should be to save lives.
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Justice Minister: EP wants to prevent Hungary from fulfilling CoE presidency
Minister Varga told Hungarian journalists ahead of a meeting of European Union affairs ministers that the EP initiative to prevent Hungary from fulfilling the council presidency only showed the body’s frustration.
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MEP: Time has proven PM Orbán right in debate around migration
Balázs Hidvéghi said that in 2015 Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had been “the first European leader to realise and stress that the borders must be protected, by erecting a fence, if necessary, and he actually had such a fence built”.
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MEP: Double standards are clearly present in EP’s handling of rule-of-law issues
Balázs Hidvéghi said the EP’s double standards are a “dead end and ruin European unity”.
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Fidesz MEP: Next task is to restore bloc’s unity
Tamás Deutsch said that by “backstabbing” member states protecting the common borders against illegal migration, the EU had started to “dismantle European unity”.
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MEPs: Hungary will get EU funding for developing oil infrastructure
“Common sense won, the dollar left-wing lost,” the MEPs said in a statement.