Hungary regards peacemaking as a top priority and a key plank of its security, the justice minister said in Luxembourg on Friday.
Bence Tuzson told Hungarian journalists on the sidelines of a meeting of European Union justice ministers that Hungary stood by everyone hit by the latest flare-up of terrorism. "Hungary considers it extremely important to fight terrorism in all areas, including terrorism that has flared up in Europe," he said.
Answering a question on Hungary's judicial reform, the minister said that "Hungary has successfully concluded relevant talks and closed the issue." The Hungarian government had taken all necessary measures regarding the judicial reform and answered all questions of the European Commission, he said, adding that the obstacles preventing community funding from being paid out to Hungary had been removed.
Similarly, he said the Hungarian government had "done what it had been requested" regarding the state of the rule of law in the country. "The ball is in the Commission’s court. it is now the body in Brussels that needs to fulfill its obligations," he said. He added however that "Hungary will only meet requests that do not go against the Hungarian people".
Concerning priorities for the Hungarian EU presidency in the second half of next year, the minister reminded that the most important is to protect the legal competitiveness of Europe. „Our priority is to make Europe legally competitive, both at national and EU level. We want therefore to strive for stengthening the legal instruments of the EU’s competitiveness during the Hungarian Presidency – the minister added.
Source: MTI - Hungarian News Agency
