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Rule of law in Hungary: MEPs conclude three-day trip to assess the situation

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis - October 1, 2021

A delegation from the Civil Liberties Committee concluded on Friday a visit to Hungary in which they met with the Government, the opposition, journalists...

European Greens support Visegrad’s Mayors ‘Pact of Free Cities’ to fight populism

CZECH REPUBLIC Theodoros Benakis - February 18, 2020

The European Green Party is supporting the call of Visegrad’s capital cities mayors to directly channel European cohesion funding to the municipal level. The...

Greens: Change is coming to Budapest and Hungary

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis - October 14, 2019

The joint opposition candidate Gergely Karácsony has won Budapest's mayoral election with over 50% of the vote, defeating the Fidesz-backed incumbent, István Tarlós. The opposition...

Orbán’s attack against homelessness should concern the EU

EMPHASIS Theodoros Benakis - March 6, 2019

Homelessness is a violation of Hungary’s constitution. An October 2018 amendment made it illegal to sleep rough in the vicinity of cultural and other...

Opposition mounts against Hungary’s ‘slave law’

EU MEMBER STATES Theodoros Benakis - January 4, 2019

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán faces mounting resistance from opposition parties, trade union and civil society groups. “We vow to make 2019 a year of...

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