2019 EP election

23/04/2019

Europe in need of new leaders, says Hungarian foreign minister

"It is a fact, however, that Jean-Claude #Juncker has failed as a European leader" - Hungarian FM Szijjártó #eu #europeanunion #EPelection2019 #europeancommission
23/04/2019

Socialists call for EU funding for affordable housing

"The Hungarian government is trying to handle the imminent housing crisis by offering state-funded loans" - MEP Szanyi #mszp #socialists
21/04/2019

EP elections – Over 5,700 Hungarians register to vote abroad

#Hungarians with a permanent residence in #Hungary can cast their ballots at 134 embassies and consulates #abroad
20/04/2019

Government official: Sargentini ‘is attacking Hungary again’

Sargentini said she had been asked out of the #foreign #ministry during her visit to #Budapest
18/04/2019

Orbán cabinet: EU funds earmarked for support of migrants should be spent on border control

"Next month, Europeans should elect a European Parliament that fights migration instead of supporting it"
18/04/2019

Beefed-up Frontex not enough to contain mass migrant flow, says Orbán’s advisor

"EU's move to bolster the staff of border agency #Frontex to 10,000 will not be enough to protect the borders from a massive inflow of migrants" - Orbán's advisor
17/04/2019

Orbán cabinet: Italians also see migration as decisive issue of EP elections

"#Italians, similarly to #Hungarians, consider migration the decisive issue of the upcoming #EPelection2019"
16/04/2019

Socialist, Párbeszéd MEPs assess past EP cycle

"Orbán cabinet had no right to strip Hungarian citizens of their basic European rights".
15/04/2019

Jobbik’s executive president urges for protecting the rule of law in CoE plenary meeting

We will keep fighting to the end for a free, democratic and safe #Hungary - #Jobbik MP Gyöngyösi #EPelection2019
15/04/2019

EP election 2019 – Orbán: Fidesz only force able to represent Hungarians in Brussels

Here is #Orbán's first European parliament campaign meeting - #Serbia #Délvidék #Szabadka #Subotica #Fidesz #EPelection2019
15/04/2019

Lefitst opposition DK seeks to send experts to monitor national election mechanism

#EPelection2019 "The massive election fraud during last year's parliamentary election should be prevented from recurring" #dk #hungary
15/04/2019

EP elections – Socialists, Párbeszéd launch programme to help young people

#EPelection2019 - "It was vital for young people that #Hungary should remain an #EU member states" - Socialist MEP Ujhelyi
15/04/2019

Over half million signatures collected in support of PM Orbán’s programme

"The right to manage #migration must be taken away from "#Brussels bureaucrats" and returned to national #governments" #Hungary #Orbán
12/04/2019

EP elections – Socialist-Párbeszéd urges euro introduction in Hungary

Introducing the #euro would make it clear that #Hungary "wants to belong to the core of #Europe rather than to its periphery"
11/04/2019

EP elections – Socialists: EP elections crucial

"If nationalists like Le Pen, Orbán, Salvini and Kaczynski gain momentum in the May ballot, Europe's peoples can be fearful of their security, welfare and sovereignty and will face an uncertain future" #EPelection2019
10/04/2019

PM Orbán addresses conservative party meeting in Brussels

#Orbán, citing polling data, said the European People's Party (#EPP) was expected to lose seats in the #European #Parliament
08/04/2019

European Commission ‘pressure’ increases migration risk, says Hungarian FM in Luxembourg

The #EuropeanCommission's messaging regarding the #UN global migration compact was that more and more migrants should be brought to Europe - Szijjártó
08/04/2019

EP elections – Párbeszéd congress approves pact with Socialists

Governing #Fidesz has stopped representing the interests of #Hungary in Europe and is only seeking conflict - MEP Jávor #Párbeszéd
08/04/2019

EP elections – Fidesz: immigration most important issue for Europe

"Most #Europeans are dissatisfied with #EU measures against illegal #immigration"
07/04/2019

EP elections – Fidesz starts signature drive

"#Hungary comes first for us, in #Brussels, too" #EPelection #Fidesz #politics #EU