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Peter Magyar's Tisza party, a newcomer to Hungarian politics, is welcomed to join the center-right European People's Party (EPP) after last week's electoral gains, says Manfred Weber, President and Group Leader of the EU Parliament's ruling majority. Tisza won seven of Hungary's 21 European Parliament seats in the pan-EU election, surpassing Hungarian President Victor Orban's Fidesz and Christian Democrat allies. Weber extended the welcome to the centrist Tisza party after meeting with its leader Peter Magyar, and Tisza politicians in Budapest on Friday. He congratulated Tisza on "the democrat...
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Italian anti-fascist activist Ilaria Salis was released from house arrest in Budapest on Friday after being elected as a Member of the European Parliament for the Green-Left Alliance (AVS). According to her lawyer, police removed Salis's electronic bracelet in Budapest, the Hungarian capital and her father is expected to take her back to Italy later today. She was charged in Hungary with attempted murder after being part of a group of anti-fascists accused of assaulting individuals they believed were linked to the far-right Day of Honour last year. The event, held annually on February 11, sees...
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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ordered Hungary to pay a lump sum of €200 million over the country's long-standing restrictions on asylum law. Additionally, Hungary will have to pay €1 million per day of delay. The money will be automatically subtracted from Hungary's allocated share of the EU budget, parts of which remain frozen over similar legal problems. The failure to "fulfill obligations constitutes an unprecedented and exceptionally serious breach of EU law," the ECJ said in a press release. The dispute dates back to December 2020, when the court first ruled that Hungary, under ...
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Hungary will not join NATO's planned steps in support of Ukraine, but it will not obstruct them either, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on June 12 after talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Stoltenberg visited Budapest less than a month before the allied summit in Washington, where NATO members plan to decide on long-term support for Kyiv in the face of Russian aggression. "I expect allies will agree on a leading role for NATO in coordinating and providing security assistance and training for Ukraine. I also expect allies will agree on a long-term financial pledge to ...
Kyiv Independent
Hungary will not join NATO's planned steps in support of Ukraine, but it will not obstruct them either, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on June 12 after talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Stoltenberg visited Budapest less than a month before the allied summit in Washington, where NATO members plan to decide on long-term support for Kyiv in the face of Russian aggression. "I expect allies will agree on a leading role for NATO in coordinating and providing security assistance and training for Ukraine. I also expect allies will agree on a long-term financial pledge to ...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
Hungary will not join NATO's planned steps in support of Ukraine, but it will not obstruct them either, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on June 12 after talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Stoltenberg visited Budapest less than a month before the allied summit in Washington, where NATO members plan to decide on long-term support for Kyiv in the face of Russian aggression. "I expect allies will agree on a leading role for NATO in coordinating and providing security assistance and training for Ukraine. I also expect allies will agree on a long-term financial pledge to ...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
The roster of 720 MEPs elected this week includes two who may be celebrating more than most – as they’re currently under detention for alleged criminal activity. Ilaria Salis, of the Italian Left party, and Fredi Beleri, a candidate for the Greek centre-right New Democracy, will soon be heading to take up seats in Brussels and Strasbourg. Both seem set to be a thorn in the side of the countries where they were arrested, with both Hungary and Albania facing significant questions over judicial independence. “We are very happy about the election,” Salis’ father Roberto told Euronews. “I hope she'...
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg accepted Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán’s “clear” decision not to participate in the alliance’s defence of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the alliance's chief said on Wednesday. However, the Central European country pledged not to block other nations from financially supporting Ukraine, according to Stoltenberg. “I expect our allies will agree a leading role for NATO (in) coordinating and providing security assistance and training for Ukraine. I also expect allies will agree (on a) long-term financial pledge to provide military support. This will provide the predic...
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is set to visit Budapest this week to meet with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. "It is part of my job as secretary general to see the leaders of NATO countries to make sure we have an agreement," Stoltenberg explained in Riga at a B9 Summit press conference. “I look forward to sitting down and discussing (with Orbán) the agenda of the Washington summit, which includes both NATO security and deterrence and support for Ukraine,” he added. "I expect all allies to give the OK to strengthen aid coordination in Kyiv and approve financial support," Stolt...
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Italian activist Ilaria Salis is set to be released from detention in Hungary following her election as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). The 40-year-old teacher spent 15 months in prison after being accused of assaulting far-right demonstrators in Hungary. Salis, maintaining her innocence, was faced with the possibility of a 20-year prison sentence. Salis under house arrest in Hungary pending trial and EU electionsThe case made headlines when she appeared in court handcuffed and chained. Following public outcry, Rome summoned the Hungarian ambassador and eventually secured her transf...
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