European People’s Party

19/07/2019

EP Bureau assigns areas of responsibility to Hungary vice-presidents

Járóka, who is of #Roma origin, will also serve as member on the High-level Group on #Gender #Equality and #Diversity
16/07/2019

Judiciary employees’ wage hikes may start next year, says news minister

"We managed to stop #EPP candidate Weber and #Socialist Timmermans from becoming head of the EC" - Minister Judit Varga
16/07/2019

Fidesz: EPP group stands by Hidvéghi’s nomination for LIBE vice-chair

The lobby groups in question had penned a letter to the #EPP group expressing their concerns over #Fidesz MEP #Hidvéghi's nomination
12/07/2019

Interview – Orbán: Hungary’s economy could thrive without EU funding

"#Hungary is no longer dependent on EU funding" - PM Orbán
10/07/2019

Orbán cabinet blasts opposition MEPs for attempting to block Fidesz committee leadership bids

MEPs of Hungarian oppositions to prevent the appointment of the Fidesz MEPs to committee leadership positions
04/07/2019

Orbán cabinet voices support for new EU leaders 

"We don't have a problem if somebody else has different views on migration"
03/07/2019

Fidesz’s Járóka, DK’s Dobrev elected EP vice-presidents

Congratulations to #Járóka and #Dobrev! :)
03/07/2019

Fidesz: Work in EP to stop migration continues

The work to stop #migration continues in the #EP according to the will of the #Hungarian people
02/07/2019

Orbán against making ‘Soros man’ European Commission president

The possible nomination of Timmermans for EC president could be rejected solely because he is "Soros's man", but... - PM Orbán
30/06/2019

Orbán: EPP would be making ‘historic mistake’ by backing Timmermans for EC chief

Such a move, #Orbán wrote, would be "humiliating" and would "completely undermine the #EPP's prestige and dignity in the world of international #politics"
25/06/2019

EC should have competent leader, says Hungarian government

"It is not #Fidesz, but the #EPP that is in trouble"
24/06/2019

Orbán cabinet: Weber, Timmermans not up to Hungarians’ expectations

The government does not support either Manfred Weber or Frans Timmermans, the lead candidates of the European People’s Party (EPP) and the European Socialists, to fill […]
21/06/2019

Ruling party: “EPP needs Fidesz’s help, not the other way round”

"The #EU must also declare that there is a dominant #culture, which is the xChristian one"
18/06/2019

Visegrad Group country citizens back neither Weber nor Timmermans – Survey

Survey: Czechs, Poles, Hungarians and Slovakians back neither #Weber nor #Timmermans
14/06/2019

Interview – Orbán: Which European grouping Fidesz belongs to ‘secondary’

Orbán. #Fidesz would have no place in a political family that became pro-immigration and disregarded its Christian roots #EPP #hungary #hungarian
04/06/2019

Orbán cabinet: Fidesz better off in EPP – Die Welt

"The #EPP, too, would be better off keeping us" #Fidesz
31/05/2019

Orbán: Ruling parties’ EP election result ‘commands respect’

"#Hungarians commanded respect at the #EP #election and were granted that respect" #Orbán
29/05/2019

Orbán cabinet not backing either Weber or Timmermans for EC president

EPelection2019 - #Orbán cabinet not backing either #Weber or #Timmermans for EC president
27/05/2019

Europe ‘loses status quo’, says Hungarian foreign minister in Brussels

“There is a new political situation in Europe”, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said, adding that the European parliamentary elections have “toppled the status quo”. Speaking on […]
27/05/2019

EP election – Level of support for a single party in EP vote unprecedented in Hungary, says foreign minister

Electing the EU's next leaders would not be a quick or easy process - Hungarian FM Szijjártó