EU Countries - Diplomacy & Trade https://dteurope.com Monthly in print | Daily on the web Tue, 16 Jun 2026 23:11:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://dteurope.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-dt_favicon-32x32.png EU Countries - Diplomacy & Trade https://dteurope.com 32 32 EU Commissioner Welcomes Progress on Rule of Law https://dteurope.com/politics/eu-commissioner-welcomes-progress-on-rule-of-law/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:01:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=80294 Hungary has made important progress in connection with the rule of law since its new government took office last month, Michael McGrath, the European Union's commissioner for justice and rule of law, said in Luxembourg on Tuesday, MTI reports. Speaking at a press conference after a meeting of the General Affairs Council, Michael McGrath gave […]

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]]> EU Stance on Hungary's Presidency Sparks Controversy https://dteurope.com/politics/eus-stance-on-hungarys-presidency-sparks-controversy/ Fri, 19 Jul 2024 05:44:55 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=70705 The European Union announced its top officials will boycott informal meetings hosted by Hungary during the country’s EU presidency. This decision follows Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's controversial meetings with foreign leaders about Ukraine, which have angered European partners. Some member states, however, are frowning on Brussels’ unprecedented move. The European Commission, the EU's executive […]

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]]> Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union https://dteurope.com/politics/hungary-is-the-consecutive-president-of-the-european-council/ Tue, 02 Jul 2024 11:13:47 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=70603 The Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has officially taken over the presidency of the European Council from the Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo. The handover took place in Brussels on Monday, where Orbán and De Croo held talks to mark the transition. This marks the beginning of Hungary's six-month tenure in the role. During […]

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]]> Hungary and Poland thwart joint EU declaration on migration https://dteurope.com/politics/hungary-and-poland-thwart-joint-eu-declaration-on-migration/ Fri, 13 Oct 2023 08:07:22 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=68362 An informal European Union summit convened in Granada, Spain, took an unexpected turn when the Prime Ministers of Hungary and Poland blocked a joint EU declaration on migration. The two leaders compelled delegates to omit a passage regarding member countries' views on migration from the carefully crafted declaration that had been in the works for […]

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]]> 56% of Hungarians Support EU Measures Regarding Ukraine https://dteurope.com/politics/eu-countries/56-of-hungarians-support-eu-measures-regarding-ukraine/ Wed, 14 Dec 2022 14:06:05 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=59054 Democracy remains the most important value EU citizens want Parliament to stand up for. 72% of respondents (78% in Hungary) believe their country has benefited from being an EU member, according to a new Eurobarometer survey. Democracy, human rights and free speech are paramount to EU citizens as they call on the European Parliament to […]

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]]> EP Culture and Education Committee Visit in Budapest https://dteurope.com/politics/ep-culture-and-education-committee-visit-in-budapest/ Fri, 04 Nov 2022 17:20:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=57627 Members of the Culture and Education Committee of the European Parliament have concluded their visit in Budapest, having gathered insights into recent developments in the country’s cultural, education and media policies. In the concluding press conference in Budapest on Friday, the head of the delegation Sabine Verheyen (a German delegate of the European People’s Party) […]

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]]> 8th Package of EU Sanctions on Russia Endorsed https://dteurope.com/politics/8th-package-of-eu-sanctions-on-russia-endorsed/ Fri, 07 Oct 2022 09:00:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=56545 European Union Member States, including Hungary, have voted in favor of the next package of sanctions against Russia this week. The package includes a ban on imports of more Russian products, an extension of the list of persons subject to travel bans and asset freezes, and a price cap on oil shipments from Russia to […]

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]]> European Commission Proposes to Cut Funds to Hungary https://dteurope.com/politics/european-commission-proposes-to-cut-funds-to-hungary/ Sun, 18 Sep 2022 10:45:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=55756 The European Commission, the quasi-government of the European Union, calls for an estimated EUR 7.5 billion in EU funding to be withheld from Hungary over corruption concerns that the Hungarian government failed to dispel. Referring to EC President Ursula von der Leyen's State of the Union address earlier this week, EC Commissioner Johannes Hahn, in […]

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]]> EC Triggers Rule-Of-Law Mechanism Against Hungary https://dteurope.com/politics/ec-triggers-rule-of-law-mechanism-against-hungary/ Tue, 05 Apr 2022 15:14:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=49412 The European Commission has sent a formal notification to the Hungarian government to launch the so-called conditionality mechanism, which links the disbursement of EU funds to the rule of law, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced in Strasbourg on Tuesday at the European Parliament (EP) plenary session. As the Hungarian state news agency […]

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]]> EU court decision opens way for EU to withhold funds from Hungary https://dteurope.com/politics/eu-court-decision-opens-way-for-eu-to-withhold-funds-from-hungary/ Fri, 18 Feb 2022 07:53:05 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=47935 The European Court of Justice delivered a historic ruling this week that ties EU fund payments to the rule of law. The decision allows Brussels to withhold funds from Hungary and Poland, two countries that Brussels has accused of failing to uphold democratic standards. Hungary has long been at loggerheads with the European Union over […]

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]]> EU Court of Justice Rules Against Hungarian Government https://dteurope.com/politics/eu-court-of-justice-rules-against-hungarian-government/ Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:58:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=47882 With measures for the protection of the Union budget in mind, the Court of Justice, sitting as a full Court, dismissed the actions brought by the Hungarian and Polish governments against the conditionality mechanism which makes the receipt of financing from the Union budget subject to the respect by the Member States for the principles […]

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]]> Connecting Interested Parties for Dialogue https://dteurope.com/politics/connecting-interested-parties-for-dialogue/ Sat, 06 Mar 2021 11:26:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=33141 The Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), the oldest political foundation in Germany, has been represented in Budapest since 1990. Its goal in Hungary is to promote political dialogue between Hungary and Germany as well as member states, the exchange of analysis, views and concepts. As the leadership of the Foundation tells Diplomacy&Trade, when the Friedrich Ebert […]

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]]> Working in a Trusting and Comprehensive Manner https://dteurope.com/politics/working-in-a-trusting-and-comprehensive-manner/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 09:16:09 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=33133 The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), a German foundation that has over 110 offices worldwide, has been in Hungary for more than three decades. The Foundation was established some 60 years ago to promote democratic development in Germany. It stands close to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and is governed by Christian values. Its guiding principles […]

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]]> Hungarian Government to Veto EU Budget https://dteurope.com/politics/hungarian-government-to-veto-eu-budget/ Mon, 16 Nov 2020 18:54:58 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=26858 In a letter, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán informed German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel, President of the European Council that the Hungarian government was vetoing legislation on the EU's seven-year budget and the recovery fund. The Hungarian government's website quotes the head of the PM's […]

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]]> Hungary, the Biggest Buyer of German Weapons https://dteurope.com/politics/hungary-the-biggest-buyer-of-german-weapons/ Fri, 27 Dec 2019 22:44:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=16659 After three years of falling, weapons and military hardware exports by Germany have gone into reverse in 2019, reaching almost EUR 8 billion, and the quarter of these exports deliveries went to Hungary, Deutsche Welle and euronews report. Documents show that Hungary purchased roughly a quarter of all the authorized German arms exports in the […]

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