The Spanish Presidency was represented by Ms Pilar Alegría, Minister for Education, Vocational Training and Sports, Ms Sira Rego, Minister for Youth and Childhood, Mr Ernest Urtasun, Minister for Culture and Mr Victor Francos, Secretary of State for Sports. The European Commission was represented by Ms Věra Jourová, Vice-president for Values and Transparency, Ms Iliana Ivanova, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth and Mr Roberto Viola, Director-General for DG CONNECT.

On Thursday morning, the Board of Trustees of the Tempus Public Foundation adopted the principles and concept of a new internationalisation program jointly developed by the Ministry of Culture and Innovation, the Tempus Public Foundation, and leading Hungarian universities, the University of Pannonia, University of Debrecen, Széchenyi István University, Óbuda University and Semmelweis University, Balázs Hankó, State Secretary for Innovation and Higher Education at the Ministry of Culture and Innovation said to MTI in Brussels on Thursday.

According to the Hungarian position, the European Union and its Member States must take a strategic approach to Russia's war in Ukraine, Azbej Tristan, State Secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, told MTI in Brussels on Tuesday.

Ministers of agriculture exchanged views among others on rural areas and sustainable forestry at their meeting in Brussels on 20th November.

The European Union should start a period of reflection on the success of the EU's strategy towards Ukraine, EU Affairs Minister János Bóka said in Brussels on Wednesday.