Over the past decade, some 8,500 health professionals have left for other European countries. Now Hungary has one of the lowest ratios of doctors per inhabitant in the bloc. Despite … Read More
Hungary is scheduled to take over the rotating presidency of the EU Council in the second half of 2024. Hungary might not “credibly fulfil” the tasks associated with the rotating … Read More
‘Green’ Azeri energy isn’t a magic bullet for EU dependence on Russia, experts say. “Since the beginning of Russia’s war, we have decided to turn our back on Russian fossil … Read More
Unanimity rules can be used by one single member state to derail or block a collective decision. Hungary and Poland are mounting a push to retain the unanimity rule in … Read More
Budapest says it will not approve any EU support for Ukraine that requires unanimity, including sanctions against Russia, until Kyiv removes a Hungarian bank from its list of “international war … Read More
Brussels is currently withholding nearly €28 billion in EU funds from Hungary and Budapest will not get the totality of the money until it implements 27 so-called “super milestones” negotiated … Read More
Under current rules, all foreign policy decisions in the EU require the unanimous approval of the 27 member states. A group of nine European Union countries have joined forces to … Read More
Talks between the European Commission and five Eastern European countries failed to resolve a growing dispute over the imports of tariff-free Ukrainian grain, which bordering nations argue is distorting the … Read More
In a candid but defiant intervention before the European Parliament, Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel launched a blistering attack against his Hungarian counterpart, Viktor Orbán, and the anti-LGBT legislation his government … Read More
The rift over tariff-free imports of Ukrainian grain has acquired a new dimension after the European Commission decried as unacceptable the bans imposed by Poland and Hungary over the weekend. … Read More
