Hungary’s EU presidency 2024

13/09/2024

National Economy Minister stresses need to boost competitiveness at Eurofi Conference

Eurofi Conference: the EU is lagging behind its competitors, but a new competitiveness pact is being developed
13/09/2024

ECOFIN meeting kicks off in Budapest, key priority for sll EU countries

ECOFIN in Hungary: EU economy and finance ministers in Budapest
13/09/2024

IMF backs Hungary’s ambitious EU presidency goals

#IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in Budapest:
12/09/2024

PM Orbán says Europe’s competitiviness is in ‘serious decline’ – UPDATED

Viktor Orbán and Luc Frieden discussed the situation of the EU. #EU #government #EUpresidency #diplomacy #WesternBalkans #Luxembourg
10/09/2024

Hungary’s EU presidency aims at producer-friendly EU agricultural policy, minister says

Hungary's EU presidency is focusing on how the European Union's agricultural policy can be farmer-friendly and farmer-centred, Minister of Agriculture István Nagy said. #agriculture #EUpresidency #EU
04/09/2024

EU affairs minister: Presidency aims to draft competitiveness agreement

Hungarian EU presidency: informal meeting of the EU General Affairs Council in Budapest:
02/09/2024

Washington Post: Orbán increasingly represents everything the EU opposes

According to the Washington Post, Viktor Orbán’s policies are weakening the EU from within.
02/09/2024

Will the Budapest meeting of eurozone finance ministers be boycotted?

"The Hungarian position is that there is no room for ideological and political debates in this work; we must work together on the challenges facing the EU" – states the Hungarian Finance Minister. #meeting #EU #eurozone #EUpresidency
29/07/2024

Hungary’s European affairs minister: Hungarian EU presidency ‘to listen to Europeans’

A task of the Hungarian EU presidency is to ensure that "the voice of European citizens is heard" and considered in decision making, János Bóka said. #EUpresidency #EuropeanUnion
25/07/2024

EU ministers discuss important issue in informal meeting in Budapest

Informal meeting for EU health ministers in Budapest. #budapest #eupresidency #event
23/07/2024

Hungarian foreign minister: A fantastic act of revenge has been devised in Brussels

It seems that many European countries are fed up with what the Hungarian side sees as the pro-war stance of anyone who helps besieged Ukraine:
22/07/2024

EU Presidency: interior ministers discuss security, migration in Budapest

EU interior ministers discussed the bloc's security, linking large-scale IT systems and...
21/07/2024

Informal meeting for EU energy ministers in Budapest

Global competition has entered a critical phase and Europe will lag behind unless it does everything possible to enhance its competitiveness, Hungary's energy affairs minister said. #energy #budapest
20/07/2024

Hungarian presidency aiming to improve EU’s competitiveness, ministry says

The Hungarian presidency of the Council of the European Union aims to boost the community's competitiveness, the finance minister said. #eupresidency #government
19/07/2024

EU foreign policy chief undermines Hungary’s EU presidency?

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borell undermining Hungarian EU presidency? #europeanunion #josepborell #péterszijjártó #eupresidency
16/07/2024

Orbán cabinet outraged that EU Commission boycotts Hungarian presidency

EC spokesman Eric Mamer wrote that the EC College will not visit Hungary during its presidency. #eupresidency #eccollege #europeancommission #europeanunion
16/07/2024

EU presidency: sports officials discuss large sporting events at Budapest meeting

Hungarian EU presidency has started work in the area of sports with a two-day meeting of sports directors of the EU in Budapest
15/07/2024

Hungarian EU presidency working to develop EU-Chile economic ties

The Hungarian minister went to Chile on behalf of the EU Presidency, but even there he criticised Brussels bureaucrats:
15/07/2024

POLITICO: EU to boycott Hungary’s foreign affairs summit

What do you think the chances are that Hungary's foreign affairs summit will be boycotted by Brussels?
14/07/2024

Environmental measures must also boost competitiveness, says the Hungarian government

Steps taken in the interest of achieving climate neutrality, a circular economy and environmental goals must also strengthen competitiveness, state secretary Anikó Raisz said. #environment #government #competitiveness