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Ruling on quota case expected in early autumn
Ministry of Justice, July 12, 2017 9:58 AM
The Hungarian Government will be sending a written reply to the European Commission this week concerning the infringement proceedings launched by Brussels with relation to the fact that Hungary is refusing to implement the EU directives on quotas, Deputy Justice Minister Pál Völner said in a statement for Hungarian daily Magyar Idők.
The V4 has considerably more substance than it used to
Ministry of Justice, July 5, 2017 10:53 AM
“Today, the Visegrád Group (V4) has considerably more substance than it used to and is an important forum that is capable of highlighting both its cooperation with the European Union and the importance of the fact that the diverse requirements of regions must not be trampled on”, Deputy Justice Minister Pál Völner told Hungarian news agency MTI at an event in Vienna to mark the Hungarian presidency of the Visegrád Group.
Only the organisations funded by George Soros are attacking the Government
Ministry of Justice, June 29, 2017 11:42 AM
“The NGO Act is being criticised exclusively by the same organisations – with funding from George Soros – that are attacking the Government with relation to migration”, Deputy Justice Minister Pál Völner said on Hungarian M1 television’s Wednesday evening current affairs program.
Hungary will not open its doors
Ministry of Justice, June 27, 2017 10:58 AM
“The European Court of Justice is under huge pressure in the quota case; those with the intention of influencing the Court would like the body to dismiss the arguments put forward by Hungary and Slovakia”, Deputy Justice Minister Pál Völner said in an interview for Hungarian daily Magyar Idők published on Tuesday, in which he declared: “Hungary will not open its doors to illegal immigrants”.
Migrant families should be reunited in their homelands
Ministry of Justice, June 20, 2017 1:36 PM
Parliamentary State Secretary at the Ministry of Justice Pál Völner has responded to a statement on Monday by Nils Muižnieks, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights. Mr. Muižnieks said that European countries should remove barriers to the reunification of migrant families. In response, Mr. Völner has told Hungarian daily Magyar Hírlap that Hungary also supports the reunification of migrant families – but in their homelands, not in Europe.
Press release of the Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice, June 19, 2017 12:41 PM
Minister of Justice László Trócsányi represented the Government of Hungary at the meeting of the advisory board of the Council of Europe, the Venice Commission, held on 16 June 2017. One of the items on the agenda of the meeting was the adoption of the opinion of the Venice Commission on the Act on the transparency of organisations receiving support from abroad.
Concernant la proposition de loi sur la transparence des organisations recevant un soutien étranger
Ministry of Justice, June 19, 2017 8:18 AM
Discours de M. László Trócsányi, Ministre de la Justice de la Hongrie devant la Commission européenne pour la démocratie par le droit, Commission de Venise du Conseil de l’Europe, 111e session plénière. Venise, le 16 juin 2017
Concerning the preliminary opinion on the draft law on transparency of organisations receiving support from abroad
Ministry of Justice, June 19, 2017 8:16 AM
Address by Mr. László Trócsányi Minister of Justice of Hungary before the European Commission for Democracy through Law, Venice Commission of the Council of Europe,111th plenary session. Venice, 16 June 2017
The ruling in the case of the Bangladeshi migrants is an attack on the Schengen Agreement
Ministry of Justice, June 16, 2017 8:27 AM
According to the Ministry of Justice’s Parliamentary State Secretary, the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Bangladeshi immigrants Ilias and Ahmed is an attack on the Schengen Agreement.
Decision of Strasbourg court may induce business migration
Ministry of Justice, June 14, 2017 5:05 PM
Hungary has appealed against the March decision of the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights adopted in connection with two Bangladeshi asylum-seekers because the Government takes the view that this kind of interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights may induce „business migration”, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Justice Ministry said at his press conference held on 14 June 2017 in Budapest.