The 14th Council Meeting of the European Green Party (EGP) will take place in Budapest from 31 March to April 3. Simultaneously with this event, the Green Group in the European Parliament will have a two-day session in the city. The 14th EGP Council Meeting will be attended by nearly 400 delegates, experts and supporters [...]
“There were practically no specifics in Mr. Orbán’s State of the Nation about how the government intends to act to solve the serious problems the country faces” was the reactions of Mr. Benedek Javor regarding Monday’s State of the Nation address of the Prime Minister. Mr. Orban either does not know or does not want [...]
Benedek Jávor, chairman of the Hungarian Parliament’s Committee for Sustainable Development, and Bence Tordai, spokesman for LMP, introduced the joint publication prepared by LMP and the Green Group in the European parliament regarding the main challenges for the Hungarian EU-presidency. The publication is called “A different vision for Europe – Green priorities for the Hungarian EU presidency”. The publication addresses the priorities of the Hungarian EU presidency, and what actions Hungary must take in order to make this term a success.
Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, spoke in front of the European Parliament on behalf of Hungary regarding the country’s term as the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU. Unfortunately, the majority of the discussion was spent on harsh criticisms regarding the new Hungarian media law rather than on a constructive debate of Hungary’s [...]
Politics Can be Different (LMP) hopes that Hungary, while assuming the European Union’s rotating Presidency, will manage to reverse the loss of prestige caused by the government’s recent – for European eyes rather exotic – legislative performance. For the ecologic party, the issue of Roma integration is especially important among the Presidency’s priorities and will do everything in its power to help leading the next six months to success.
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