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Hungarian Media Law: Resolution adopted by the Left is pointless and only serves their political purposes. Simon Busuttil MEP

Hungarian Media Law: Resolution adopted by the Left is pointless and only serves their political purposes. Simon Busuttil MEP

2011. 03. 11.

"The adoption of the Resolution on the Hungarian media law adopted by the Liberal, Socialist, Green and Communist Groups of the European Parliament today is pointless and only serves political purposes. The document ignores the fact that the Hungarian Government has acted in line with the European Commission's proposals and that the Hungarian media law is fully in line with all EU laws, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights", said Simon Busuttil MEP, EPP Group Coordinator in the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) Committee of the European Parliament.

Tamás Deutsch: There are areas where Europe could learn from us

Tamás Deutsch: There are areas where Europe could learn from us

2011. 03. 10.

Our Brussels-based correspondent talked to Mr Tamás Deutsch, Member of the European Parliament (Group of the European People's Party, Fidesz) at the end of a week during which the Hungarian media law was again twice at the centre of attacks. In the meantime, the philosopher Ágnes Heller described the situation in Hungary as a nightmare claiming among other things that during the former Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány's reign, the police did not shoot at or torture anyone.

Roma: Overwhelming support for the first-ever EU Strategy on Roma. Lívia Járóka MEP

Roma: Overwhelming support for the first-ever EU Strategy on Roma. Lívia Járóka MEP

2011. 03. 09.

"The social inclusion of Roma is one of the most important strategic challenges that Europe faces and at the same time it provides one of the most promising opportunities for the continent", said Lívia Járóka MEP, Rapporteur of the EU Strategy on Roma Inclusion. Today, the document was adopted with an overwhelming majority at the Strasbourg plenary. With this success, a huge step has been taken towards a European level strategy to ease the burdens of Europe's biggest minority group. The Hungarian MEP emphasised that the approach should not merely be based on ethnicity but major economic factors must also be taken into account to reach visible and long-lasting results.

100th Anniversary of the International Women’s Day: Still room for improvement in equal treatment.

100th Anniversary of the International Women’s Day: Still room for improvement in equal treatment.

2011. 03. 08.

A commemorative session was held in the European Parliament on the occasion of the 100th International Woman's Day where Lívia Járóka MEP gave a speech on behalf of the EPP Group. In her comments, the Hungarian MEP emphasised that there was still a lot to do in order to cease gender based wage differences, strengthen women's roles in the family and to ensure the principle of equal treatment.

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