Tom Lantos Institute set up in Budapest 2011. 05. 01. The Tom Lantos Institute (TLI) has officially been set up by its leaders holding their first meeting in Budapest on Friday, the president of the Washington-based Hungarian American Coalition told MTI on Saturday.
Joint Parliamentary Meeting on Western Balkans 2011. 04. 20. "The Western Balkans, towards a more integrated Europe" was the title of the Joint Parliamentary Meeting between the European Parliament and the Hungarian National Assembly held in Brussels on 13-14 April 2011.
Hungarian Constitution: a demagogic attack against Hungarian sovereignty by the European Socialists 2011. 04. 19. Press Release of the Hungarian EPP Group Delegation - By calling on the European Commission to assess the recently-adopted new Hungarian Constitution by the S&D Group, in a press release issued today, is a serious attack against Hungarian sovereignty. Constitutionalism is part of national sovereignty and even Mr Schulz and the European Socialists should not question the right of the Hungarian Parliament, whose members were elected by Hungarian citizens in a democratic way, to adopt a new constitution. Mr Schulz should have rather called his Hungarian Socialist fellows to represent their voters and participate in the debate in the Hungarian Parliament on the new Constitution, which they refused to do.
The Minority Intergroup discusses the work of PACE and the situation in the Basque Country 2011. 04. 18. The Intergroup, which met on April 7th, featured presentations from Ms Agnieszka Szklanna from the Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) who described the work of PACE and their report on the ECRML. On the initiative of MEPs Izaskun Bilbao Barandica and Francois Alfonsi the Intergroup also discussed "The Limits to Political Participation" with presentations by Professor Juan Jose Alvarez Rubio and Dr Didier Rouget on the situation in the Basque Country, the political parties law, and the banning of the Basque Left party Sortu.
Hungarian Constitution: Another unfounded, politically motivated attack 2011. 04. 15. Press Release of the Hungarian EPP Delegation - Today's press release of ALDE group leader Guy Verhofstadt about the Hungarian draft constitution is partial, based on false information and contains serious misinterpretations. The Hungarian constitution draft's register on basic rights is based on the Charter of Fundamental Rights; however, some rights are protected even more than the Charter recommends. The draft corresponds to 21st century challenges, contains progressive regulations on the fields of environment protection, minority rights and state indebtedness.
Roma Integration: Commission framework considerable step in the right direction 2011. 04. 05. Press Release of Lívia Járóka MEP and Manfred Weber MEP - "The framework for coordinating national Roma integration strategies presented today by the European Commission is undoubtedly a considerable step in the right direction", said Lívia Járóka MEP, Rapporteur of the EU Strategy on Roma Inclusion. The document adopts many key recommendations set by the Járóka Report.
Future of EU Intelligence and Internal Security: Time has come for stocktaking. Ágnes Hankiss MEP 2011. 03. 31. A Hearing on 'The Future of EU Intelligence and Internal Security' was organised yesterday by a Hungarian centre-right Member of the EPP Group. Ágnes Hankiss MEP highlighted the importance of improving the cooperation among and the coordination between national secret services under the helm of the European Union.
Totalitarian Regimes: We need to understand the past to build our common future 2011. 03. 30. A day-long public Hearing on 'What do young Europeans know about totalitarianism?' was organised by four Central European EPP Group MEPs today. In their speeches, László Tőkés MEP, Sandra Kalniete MEP, György Schöpflin MEP and Milan Zver MEP, who each chaired one of the four panels, highlighted the importance of improving young generations' knowledge on totalitarian regimes and that our common future was unimaginable without the understanding of our common past.
“There is no constitutional compulsion today in Hungary, but there is a constitutional necessity” – states Kinga Gál MEP 2011. 03. 27. Kinga Gál MEP (EPP) spoke at a general debate in the Hungarian Parliament recently about the new Hungarian constitution.
