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Hungary Resolution: Double Standards Have Never Been More Apparent

2015. 06. 10.

Today the European Parliament voted for the resolution on the "Situation in Hungary" proposed by the parties of the left and the liberals. Their coalition has prevailed several times in the last five years in moving forward their party line and generating hysteria over Hungary. During this period, Hungary has become the most scrutinized Member State of the EU, so it is no surprise that the resolution today, yet again, resorts to labeling, bending the truth and factually false statements. Prime Minister Orbán made it clear that Hungary will not introduce legislation contrary to EU Treaties.

Public Consultation on the Future of the Internet in Hungary

2015. 05. 11.

InternetKon, a national consultation with Hungarian citizens on Internet regulations and digital development, was launched in early February under the leadership of Fidesz MEP Tamás Deutsch. “Let’s get at it together! Let’s discuss what the future of the Internet in Hungary should look like,” he said as the dialogue got underway. What is the aim of this government initiative and where does the Hungarian Internet consultation stand now? We caught up with MEP Deutsch to ask him these and other questions about InternetKon.

The Hungarian Government is not planning to re-introduce the death penalty

2015. 05. 07.

Last week a number of media outlets falsely reported that Hungary will re-introduce the death penalty. As a response to the accusations Prime Minister Viktor Orbán spoke to Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament on 30 April and informed him that he was not planning to re-introduce the death penalty. Yet, the ALDE Group chooses to ignore this and acts on a purely party political basis. We denounce the spreading of false accusations and call on ALDE to refrain from their irresponsible actions.

We must ban cyanide-based mining in Europe!

2015. 05. 07.

Five years have passed since the European Parliament passed a resolution requesting the European Commission to introduce a general ban on the use of cyanide mining technologies in the European Union. In the 2010 resolution, initiated by Members of the European Parliament János Áder and László Tőkés, the EP requested the European Commission to initiate a complete ban before the end of 2011, as this is the only safe way to protect our water resources and ecosystems against cyanide pollution from mining activities. However the European Commission has not yet addressed the resolution's requests.