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Integration of minorities: Lívia Járóka MEP receives Romanian excellence award

Integration of minorities: Lívia Járóka MEP receives Romanian excellence award

2010. 10. 31.

Romanian Foreign Minister, Teodor Baconschi, has granted the Ministry's excellence award to Lívia Járóka MEP, acknowledging her activity dedicated to the social integration of minorities. In her acceptance speech, Járóka said that granting the award to her was a message that fostering the social inclusion of the Roma was one of the most staggering strategic challenges and at the same time one of the most promising opportunities for Europe.

Quo Vadis Europa? – Kinga Gál at the cross-border citizen forum at Nitra (Slovakia)

Quo Vadis Europa? – Kinga Gál at the cross-border citizen forum at Nitra (Slovakia)

2010. 10. 12.

The Information Offices of the European Parliament in Budapest and Bratislava organized the Cross-border Citizen Forum at Nitra on 8th October 2010. The aim of the bilateral Slovak-Hungarian forum was to bring together MEPs and experts with citizens for a discussion on the Lisbon Treaty. MEP Kinga Gál was a key speaker at the event where participants discussed the changes brought by the Treaty to the European Union and the new EU institution, the European Citizens Initiative.

Hungarian chemical red mud spill – expression of solidarity. Joseph Daul MEP

Hungarian chemical red mud spill – expression of solidarity. Joseph Daul MEP

2010. 10. 05.

"It is with great sadness and sorrow that I learned of the serious ecological catastrophe which occurred in western Hungary, causing the deaths of four people, injuring more than 100 and endangering thousands. The flora and fauna of the region is also in great danger. I would like to send my solidarity to all Hungarian citizens affected by this enormous catastrophe", said Joseph Daul, Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament.

Roma: Time for a real European level response. Lívia Járóka MEP

Roma: Time for a real European level response. Lívia Járóka MEP

2010. 09. 30.

The Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee of the European Parliament held an extraordinary meeting yesterday (Wednesday) on the situation of Roma people in Europe with the participation of Commissioners Reding, Malmström and Andor. Regarding the Commission's decision to launch infringement procedures against several countries in case of non-compliance with the EU's Directive on free movement, Lívia Járóka MEP welcomed the settlement of the issue and urged the stakeholders to focus on developing a Community response to remedy the terrible poverty from which the Roma are trying to escape when they migrate.

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