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Busy agenda on the February AgriFish Council
Agriculture ministers exchanged views on the coherence between the CAP, trade policy and the EU Green Deal, deforestation-free products, EU promotion policy and market situation, including the ongoing crisis in the pig meat sector during the Agriculture and Fisheries Council, held on the 21th of February in Brussels.
The V4 research Task Force on Horizon Europe has started its activities
At the initiative of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDIO), the V4 Horizon Europe Task Force has started its work. The online meeting on 2 February was attended by twenty-nine experts from national ministries, research funding agencies, Permanent Representations and Brussels based RDI offices. The agenda of the first meeting included measures to improve the participation of each country in the Horizon Europe Research Framework Program.
2nd ALIPH donors' conference - Paris, 31 January 2022
The 2nd ALIPH (Alliance internationale pour la protection du patrimoine dans les zones en conflit) donors' conference took place in Paris on 31 January, in the framework of the French EU Presidency. ALIPH is an international consortium led by France, which aims to restore monuments and collections that have been destroyed in war zones and thus improve the living conditions of local communities and help them to stay in their communities.
Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on January 24, 2022
Péter Szijjártó, minister of foreign affairs and trade represented Hungary at the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Concil in Brussels on January 24, 2022. The Council adopted conclusions on the European security situation, and also exchanged views on this topic with US secretary of state Anthony Blinken who joined the EU ministers via teleconferencing.
General Affairs Council, 25 January 2022, Brussels
Within the framework of the Hungarian V4 Presidency, a V4 coordination meeting took place before the General Affairs Council meeting on the 25th of September 2022. At the V4 coordination meeting and the General Affairs Council meeting, Hungary was represented by Minister Judit Varga and Secretary of State Oszkár Ökrös. The Council was chaired by Clément Beaune, French Secretary of State for EU Affairs, and the Commission was represented by Vice-Presidents Dubravka Šuica and Maroš Šefčovič.