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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.

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Hungary is being attacked due to the issue of migration, but the government is not prepared to compromise on that issue
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We have successfully defended Hungary’s right to border protection
At the European summit “we successfully defended” Hungary’s right to border protection. At the same time, the dispute remains, meaning that there are countries which still believe that immigration is a good thing, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Thursday after the Brussels summit of EU leaders.

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"Hungary is being denounced because the people of Hungary have decided that we will not be an immigrant country"
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The recent credit rating upgrade of Hungary reflects well designed economic policy

Under the traditional competitiveness checkup agenda item, the Council focused on the impact of European sectoral value chains on competitiveness and growth. Member States stressed the need for a holistic approach involving all common union policy and the importance of abolishing the existing fragmentation and barriers in the Single Market. László GYÖRGY Minister of State for Economic Strategy and Regulation acknowledged that the internal market facilitates the integration of EU companies into European and global value chains. The role of regional value chains has been recently increased in Hungary. For Hungary the industrial innovation value chains have an outstanding role, driven especially by the strong automotive industry, where the degree of integration of market services into European industrial value chains is relatively high.

Ministers of environment discussed the EU long-term decarbonisation strategy and the emissions reduction for heavy-duty vehicles

Ministers at the Environment Council agreed on the “partial general approach” on LIFE Program and reached a political agreement on the proposed regulation on CO2 emissions reduction standards for heavy-duty vehicles. The ministers had a first exchange of views on the new EU long-term decarbonisation strategy presented by the European Commission the end of November.

Strong joint V4 position to eliminate the dual quality of foodstuffs

Agricultural ministers of V4 countries have expressed their disappointment in the lack of legislation to eliminate the presence of dual quality in foodstuffs at the Agrifish Council held in Brussels, 17 December. Minister István Nagy highlighted that treating Eastern European citizens as second-tier nationals by multinational food businesses is unacceptable.

Stormy debate on migration at the EU summit

In a video message posted on his Facebook account, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that in a stormy session during the Brussels summit Hungary had managed to repel an attack aimed at ensuring that migrants would be given more money and more rights.

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.

Ministers at the Environment Council agreed on the Council position on CO2 emissions reduction from passenger cars and vans and on the position for the COP24 climate conference in Katowice

The Hungarian head of delegation, Péter Kaderják, Minister of State for energy and climate argued for the need for consensual, balanced and feasible climate commitments at the Environment Council held in Luxemburg on 9 October.

The budget of traditional policies, including the Common Agriculture Policy, should be maintained at current level

The budget for the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) should be maintained at current level in order to fulfil the ambitious goals of the policy – emphasized Zsolt Feldman state secretary for agriculture at the high level conference on the future of the EU budget in Brussels on the 12th of October. With the help of the CAP, European farmers are providing healthy, high quality and safe foodstuff for 500 million European citizens day by day in a great variety, in sufficient quantities and in reasonable prices. “Decreasing CAP funds implies the risk of higher food prices, less variety or less quality.” – highlighted the state secretary for agriculture.

Public health should play a bigger role during debates on manufacturing waiver related to supplementary protection certificate

On 10th of October 2018, a lunch debate took place at the Hungarian EU Permanent Representation on the draft regulation on manufacturing waiver related to supplementary patent protection certificates. The event was organized by Antall József Knowledge Center and gathered speakers from a wide range spectrum in order to present the issue from different perspectives.

This is a sad Sunday

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

We have successfully defended Hungary’s right to border protection

"Hungary is being denounced because the people of Hungary have decided that we will not be an immigrant country"

News & Highlights

The recent credit rating upgrade of Hungary reflects well designed economic policy

Ministers of environment discussed the EU long-term decarbonisation strategy and the emissions reduction for heavy-duty vehicles

Strong joint V4 position to eliminate the dual quality of foodstuffs

Stormy debate on migration at the EU summit

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

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This is a sad Sunday

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

Hungary will not change its position on immigration

Ministers at the Environment Council agreed on the Council position on CO2 emissions reduction from passenger cars and vans and on the position for the COP24 climate conference in Katowice

The budget of traditional policies, including the Common Agriculture Policy, should be maintained at current level

Public health should play a bigger role during debates on manufacturing waiver related to supplementary protection certificate

Europe still needs a cohesion policy

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