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EU health ministers have met again
The EPSCO Council of health ministers took place on 9 December 2022 in Brussels. On behalf of Hungary, Péter Takács secretary of state of health attended the meeting.
Challenging agenda on the EPSCO Council meeting
The EPSCO Council took place on 08 December 2022. Ministers faced a particularly challenging agenda which allowed them to discuss a large range of issues concerning employment and social policy. Policy debates included family policies, the European Semester and the European Care strategy.
Border controls between Hungary and Croatia will be abolished from January
Border controls will be abolished on the 344-kilometre-long border between Hungary and Croatia from 1 January, following the approval of Croatia's accession to the Schengen area by the Council of Interior Ministers of the EU Member States, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior said in Brussels on Thursday.
An agreement to strengthen the European semiconductor industry was reached at the Competitiveness Council on 1-2 December 2022.
At the Competitiveness Council on 1 December, ministers agreed on a framework of measures to strengthen the European semiconductor ecosystem.
The payment of EU funds due to Hungary cannot be linked to other issues
Hungary considers it a dangerous precedent to link the disbursement of EU funds to completely unrelated issues, but several EU member states would link the approval of the Hungarian recovery plan to the Hungarian government changing its position on various other issues, Finance Minister Mihály Varga told MTI on Tuesday in Brussels.