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Hungary is prepared to increase its contribution to EU budget
Prime Minister’s Office, January 9, 2018 3:58 PM
Hungary is prepared to increase its contribution to the budget of the European Union to 1.2 per cent of the gross national income (GNI) in the next seven-year fiscal cycle as with the planned departure of the United Kingdom and the emergence of new challenges there will be more responsibilities falling on fewer contributors, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office stated at a conference held in Brussels on Monday.
European Commission decision on triggering Article 7 against Poland is unbelievable
Prime Minister’s Office, December 20, 2017 4:30 PM
Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén branded Wednesday’s decision by the European Commission to trigger Article 7 against Poland – in response to controversial reforms in the country’s justice system – as unprecedented and unbelievable.
Mandatory quotas are unsuitable for managing migration crisis
Prime Minister’s Office, December 15, 2017 8:47 AM
The Hungarian Government agrees with the findings of the document floated by President of the European Council Donald Tusk which have since sparked a fierce debate, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said at the press conference Governmentinfo 106 which he held jointly with Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács.
European Union can only survive on foundations of European values
Prime Minister’s Office, December 14, 2017 7:27 PM
The European Union can only survive on the foundations of European values, and these are none other than Christian civilisation and the fate community of European nations, Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén said at the conference Our Common Europe held in Budapest on Thursday.
Visegrád cooperation is most successful in EU
Prime Minister’s Office, December 14, 2017 7:25 PM
The foreign affairs committees of the Parliaments of the Visegrád Four (V4 – Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia) are holding a two-day meeting in Budapest. Zsolt Németh, Chair of the Hungarian Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee (Fidesz), who opened the event on Wednesday, said: the cooperation of the Visegrád countries is the most successful within the European Union.
Accession of Western Balkans countries is EU’s strategic interest
Prime Minister’s Office, December 14, 2017 7:23 PM
On 13 December 2017 Szabolcs Takács, Minister of State for EU Affairs at the Prime Minister’s Office had talks with Maciej Popowski, Deputy Director-General for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations of the European Commission.
Brexit to create new situation in European Union, Sweden believes
Prime Minister’s Office, December 12, 2017 3:00 PM
On 7 December 2017 Deputy State Secretary Balázs Molnár received in his office Johan Krafft, head of the EU Coordination Secretariat of the Swedish Prime Minister’s Office.
Several European governments continue to support quotas
Prime Minister’s Office, December 12, 2017 2:59 PM
The Minister of State for EU Affairs at the Prime Minister’s Office believes that several European governments continue to support the quotas, and “this threat” is not a thing of the past.
Cohesion policy must remain a determining element
Prime Minister’s Office, December 8, 2017 11:25 AM
According to Minister of State for EU Affairs Szabolcs Takács, cohesion policy must remain a determining element during the upcoming financial framework.
Parliamentary debate on utilisation of development funds
Prime Minister’s Office, December 6, 2017 10:16 PM
The debate which the House will conduct on Monday regarding the disbursement of EU funds available during the period between 2014 and 2020 will feature, among others, “perhaps the biggest corruption scandal in Hungary’s modern-day history” and the threats regarding the possible blocking of cohesion funds, Nándor Csepreghy, Minister of State of the Prime Minister’s Office said at his press conference which he held jointly with Erik Bánki, President of the Economic Committee.