• The EU must bring peace to its neighbourhood

    The European Union must create peace in its neighbourhood, it must be able to protect its external borders against illegal migration, and it must stop applying double standards to Poland and Hungary: this is the clear position of the Hungarian government, János Bóka, Minister for European Union Affairs, said in a statement to MTI in Brussels on Tuesday.

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  • Unacceptable decision by Brussels on Ukrainian grain

    The decision by Brussels not to extend the ban on imports of Ukrainian agricultural products into the five EU member states bordering Ukraine is outrageous, unacceptable and non-transparent, agriculture minister Istvan Nagy said in Brussels on Monday.

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  • We can reach a breakthrough in the Erasmus negotiations with the European Commission by the end of autumn

    Our talks with Johannes Hahn, the European Commission's Budget Commissioner, were held in a good atmosphere, which gives rise to the hope that we may be able to achieve a breakthrough in the coming period and settle the outstanding issues in the Erasmus case by the end of autumn, said Tibor Navracsics, Minister of Regional Development, in a statement issued in Brussels together with János Bóka, Minister responsible for EU Affairs.

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  • Current agri market situation and the sustainability of agriculture were in the focus at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in July

    Ministers of agriculture exchanged views among others on current market situation, on the sustainable use of pesticides and on the New Genomic Techniques at their meeting in Brussels on 25 July.

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  • There will be no progress in financing arms transfers while OTP is on the Ukrainian blacklist

    The government is not willing to negotiate on the proposed €500 million to finance arms supplies to Ukraine, which has been blocked so far, or on the proposed €20 billion until Kiev removes OTP from the list of international sponsors of the war, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó warned in Brussels on Thursday.

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