• It is a lie that the government would stop cooperating with Russia's Rosatom

    It is a lie that the government would stop cooperating with Russia's Rosatom on the Paks expansion project: the increasing role of the French company Framatome concerns the supply of the control system after its German consortium partner Siemens Energy has not yet received an export licence for political reasons, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in Brussels on Tuesday.

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  • The Government voted against the Brussels proposal to reduce the use of natural gas

    Hungary and Poland have voted against the European Commission's new dangerous proposal to extend the previous regulation by another 15 percent cut in the use of natural gas, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in Brussels on Tuesday.

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  • Agrimarkets-trade were in the focus at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in March

    Ministers of agriculture exchanged views among others on the market situation, the problems with increasing agricultural imports from Ukraine, the agricultural sensivity of trade agreements and the afri-forestry aspects of the the nature restoration law in their meeting held on 20th of March in Brussels.

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  • Hungary will not participate in the arms transfers to Ukraine

    Hungary will not participate in the supply of ammunition to Ukraine, but at the same time it will not prevent other EU countries from doing so, and therefore the Government will apply the institution of constructive abstention in this matter, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced in Brussels on Monday.

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  • At the Environment Council on 16 March, 2023 in Brussels ministers agreed on the Council’s position on the industrial emission directive

    The Hungarian delegation was led by Dr Anikó Raisz. At the meeting the ministers adopted general approach on industrial emissions directive.

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  • Medicines shortages and global health on the agenda of the Health EPSCO Council

    The EPSCO Council of health ministers took place on 14 March 2023 in Brussels. On behalf of Hungary, Péter Takács secretary of state of health attended the meeting.

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  • The allocation of recovery funds is slow and cumbersome

    The European Commission has approved an unjustifiably optimistic assessment of the functioning of the Recovery Fund, while the disbursement of these funds is extremely cumbersome and slow, Finance Minister Mihály Varga pointed out in a statement to MTI in Brussels on Tuesday.

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