Ministers responsible for competitiveness met on 28 November, 2016. Hungary was represented by István Lespényi Minister of State of the Ministry for National Economy and Krisztián Kecsmár, Minister of State of the Ministry of Justice.
The Education, Youth, Culture and Sports Council held it’s meeting 21-22 November 2016 in Brussels. The Hungarian delegation was led by Ms Katalin Novák, Minister of State for Family, Youth and International Affairs
Hungary is committed to establish a competitive and ambitious Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2020 which ensures fair living standards for European, and Hungarian farmers – highlighted Sándor Fazekas, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture after the Council meeting in Brussels.
In a speech delivered at Plot No. 300 in the Rákoskeresztúr New Public Cemetery on Hungary’s National Day of Mourning 4 November, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Ministry of Defence Tamás Vargha said that, as also laid down in the Fundamental Law of Hungary, “our current liberty was born of our 1956 Revolution”.