In a recent speech in Berlin, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski called for deeper solidariity and much closer economic integration in the EU, including greater supervisory powers for the European Commission over national budgets.
In a recent speech in Berlin, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski called for deeper solidariity and much closer economic integration in the EU, including greater supervisory powers for the European Commission over national budgets.
The European Commission has found Hungary's surtax on the telecom sector in breach of EU regulations but the Hungarian government says it will not revoke the tax and is willing to defend it before the European Court of Justice if needed.
Brussels expressed its concerns over the Hungarian government’s plan to help people with foreign currency-denominated mortgages by allowing debt pay-off well under the market rate. Austria is infuriated and “firmly rejects” the measure.
A new EU task force met for the first time this week on the fringes of e-Health week in the Hungarian capital to assess the role of information and communications technologies (ICT) in health and social care.
The Joint High-level Conference ‘Women in Science, Innovation and Technology in the Digital Age’ organized by the European Commission and Media and the Hungarian EU Presidency was held in Budapest in March 2011.
Hungarian Parliament passed amendments to the media laws as agreed with the European Commission. Still, the technical modifications do not dispell worries about the dominance of the government in controlling the media.
The Hungarian government has informed the European Commission that the country's new media law is in line with EU norms but the commission expects further and more detailed information on the act.
In the presence of the EU Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, Belgium's federal Secretary of State for Social Affairs, the European Year of Volunteering 2011 was launched in Brussels.
The European Commission projects Hungary's economy will expand by 2.8 % in 2011, unchanged from its projection in the spring. The Commission forecasts that Hungary will meet the 3.8 % public finance deficit target for 2010 but will overshoot the respective targets for 2011 and 2012.
