Higher level of human health protection through the revised drinking water legislation and the EU long-term emissions reduction strategy were in the forefront of the discussions at the Environment Council in Brussels

First meeting of Environment Ministers under the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU took place on 5th March in Brussels.

The causes of today’s migration tensions will intensify

At the first summit of the European Union and the League of Arab States, held in Egypt on Monday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that the causes of today’s migration tensions will intensify. The question is whether we “want to passively accept these processes, or […] act to control them”.

The European Union legislation should foster the competitiveness of EU and Hungarian generic pharmaceutical industry

This is a sad Sunday

After a special EU summit convened to sign the documents related to the termination of Britain’s EU membership, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated that the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union is truly a “black Sunday” for the European Union.

Hungary is being attacked due to the issue of migration, but the government is not prepared to compromise on that issue

According to Gergely Gulyás, due to the issue of migration there is a campaign against Hungary which has been open to compromise with the European Commission in every previous dispute. Migration is the only issue on which it is not prepared to compromise, and this has led to a “political smear campaign” against the country.

Hungary will not change its position on immigration

Hungary will not change its position that mass migration is a negative phenomenon which must be stopped at the external borders of the European Union despite any political pressure or the institution of any infringement procedure, Szabolcs Takács pointed out in Brussels.