• Hungarian forint
  • Budapest
  • Police news
  • HelloMagyar
Fidesz MEP: Member states need all available funds in current situationFidesz MEP: Member states need all available funds in current situationFidesz MEP: Member states need all available funds in current situationFidesz MEP: Member states need all available funds in current situation
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Society
  • Sport
  • Culture
  • Special Hungary
  • News To Go
  • World
  • Contact Us
  • About us
  • About us
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
✕
Important
  • This is how Hungary could be kicked out of the EU

  • BREAKING: Explosion at a family house, one policeman died in Hungary

  • Another airline to fly to Budapest for Christmas

Support us
Daily News Hungary Daily News Hungary · 06/07/2022
· Politics

Fidesz MEP: Member states need all available funds in current situation

European Union member states, including Hungary and Poland, are in need of all the funds available “in the current challenging situation”, Fidesz MEP Balázs Hidvéghi said in Strasbourg on Wednesday.

“We ask the [EU’s] Czech presidency to help ensure that all member states, including Hungary and Poland, can access the EU funds they are entitled to as soon as possible,” Hidvéghi told Hungarian reporters after a European parliamentary debate on the priorities of Czechia’s presidency of the Council of the European Union.

  • Read also: Trade union: shops should close on Sunday afternoons in Hungary

This is not only needed because the EU’s eastern member states are currently facing the bloc’s biggest ever refugee crisis and taking in the most refugees, but also because the EU faces the threat of a severe economic and energy crisis, he said.

Czechia is taking over the EU’s rotating presidency in a time of unprecedented economic and security challenges, Hidvéghi said. In times like these, the bloc cannot afford to be internally divided or to be bogged down in “unnecessary debates” that go nowhere and only weaken its unity, he added.

“Having one of the Visegrád Group countries hold the presidency of the Council of the EU for the next six months gives us hope that the region’s interests will be a bigger factor in EU decision making,” Hidvéghi said.

  • Read also: 5 unmissable destinations in Hungary for this summer! – PHOTOS

He said Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala had outlined an appealing and realistic programme in his address at the EP plenary. Hidvéghi said the Czech presidency’s focus on energy security gave reason to be optimistic, arguing that energy supply was not an ideological issue but rather a physical one. The EU’s primary responsibility is to protect European people, families and businesses, he said.

Hidvéghi also stressed the importance of preserving Europe’s diversity, saying it should be accepted that the EU is a cooperation of many member states. It must also be accepted that member states cannot be forced to do certain things and that they make decisions at their own pace, favouring a variety of solutions, he added.

  • Read also: Another bear sighting in Hungary!

The MEP expressed support for Czechia’s position that both nuclear energy and natural gas should be considered environmentally friendly energy sources. If the EU wants to be environmentally conscious and reduce its CO2 emissions, natural gas and nuclear power will have to be part of its energy mix in the coming years, Hidvéghi said.

Concerning the EU’s Article 7 procedure against Hungary, he said the Czech presidency’s approach was similar to Hungary’s, noting that Hungary was prepared for any negotiations and took part in the talks on the basis of mutual respect.

forint euro bills
Read alsoBreaking: EUR/HUF 410, USD/HUF 400, new historical lows – UPDATE

Source: MTI

If you would like to support the work of the Daily News Hungary staff and independent journalism,
please make a donation here
EU funding European Union Hungary parliament The Czech Republic
Share

Hot news

  • Hungarian opposition: WHO mustn’t be allowed to become ‘world government’

  • President Novák: Hungary ready to take part in any peace initiative for a lasting ceasefire in Ukraine

  • Michelin Guide Hungary 2023: Sommelier of the Year winner named

  • The Hungarian government would use EU money to build a bridge for military purposes

  • Attention! One of the biggest Hungarian banks is facing a shutdown for several days!

  • Hungarian FM: Global health-care cooperation must be totally depoliticized

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

SUPPORT US
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

Must read

Subscribe to our newsletter

Sign up to receive daily updates, news & stories about Hungary!

Select your location below or enter your country so we can deliver our morning newsletters to you in time.

Thank you!

You have successfully joined our subscriber list.

.

Contact us

About us

Copyright rules

Privacy policy

Advertise with us

© 2023 DailyNewsHungary. All rights reserved! | Server and development by Svigelj Levente E.V
Hungarian opposition: WHO mustn’t be allowed to become ‘world government’

Hungarian opposition: WHO mustn’t be allowed to become ‘world government’

Read More
President Novák: Hungary ready to take part in any peace initiative for a lasting ceasefire in Ukraine

President Novák: Hungary ready to take part in any peace initiative for a lasting ceasefire in Ukraine

Read More
Michelin Guide Hungary 2023: Sommelier of the Year winner named

Michelin Guide Hungary 2023: Sommelier of the Year winner named

Read More
The Hungarian government would use EU money to build a bridge for military purposes

The Hungarian government would use EU money to build a bridge for military purposes

Read More
Attention! One of the biggest Hungarian banks is facing a shutdown for several days!

Attention! One of the biggest Hungarian banks is facing a shutdown for several days!

Read More

Hungarian FM: Global health-care cooperation must be totally depoliticized

Read More
Fidesz re-elects Kocsis parliamentary group leader

Fidesz re-elects Kocsis parliamentary group leader

Read More
A popular spa at Lake Balaton may disappear

A popular spa at Lake Balaton may disappear

Read More
PM Viktor Orbán: This year they will try to break us

PM Viktor Orbán: This year they will try to break us

Read More
Italy is furious at a Hungarian driver who parked illegally

Italy is furious at a Hungarian driver who parked illegally

Read More
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
Have you read it?