Reasonable Accommodation of Deaf and Hard of Hearing People Should Be Seen As an Investment 2015. 11. 25. Hungary has become a leader in enabling deaf and hearing impaired people to communicate without problems, whether they are at the workplace or at home, said MEP Ádám Kósa at a conference organized to identify the needs of deaf and hearing impaired people to live a more complete life.
Hungarian Solidarity: Tents, Beds and Armed Forces to Aid Slovenia 2015. 11. 24. Despite reports to the contrary, we do indeed have a sense of solidarity here among the Member States on the EU’s southeastern frontier. As they say, in hard times you recognize who your friends are—those who try to help. [Blog post by András Gyürk]
Another Milestone on Hungary’s Impressive Road to Economic Recovery? 2015. 11. 19. The forecasts for Hungary’s economy have been trending positive for the past couple of years, a demonstration that the Orbán Government’s reforms are working. [Blog post by Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz]
Nations Make Europe, Families Make Nations, Children Make Families 2015. 11. 12. There is only one way out of this crisis: increasing the birth rate while also recognizing and aiding families who are raising children. This is the only way we can preserve Europe’s role in the world. [Blog post by Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz]
Europe Receives Erdogan: Another Step in the Right Direction 2015. 10. 14. At the end of September, the summit meeting of the European Council set a new agenda for Europe to find a more effective way to manage the migration crisis. The new agenda – as we wrote just after the summit – is much more about what Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been proposing since the beginning of the year: a set of measures that would allow Europe to get back on top of what is today an uncontrolled and unregulated migration flow.
Hungary’s Economy: Time to Upgrade the Credit Rating 2015. 10. 12. According to Pasquale Diana, head of CEEMEA Economics at Morgan Stanley, the Hungarian economy looks quite promising. While credit rating agencies have been overly cautious about upgrading the country’s rating, foreign markets already consider Hungary an attractive place for investment. [blog post]
Prime Minister Orbán to UN General Assembly: Step Up Cooperation on the Migration Crisis 2015. 10. 08. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York on Wednesday to urge greater international cooperation to manage the current migration crisis. Europe will not be able to handle this burden alone, the prime minister emphasized, and if left alone, Europe will be destabilized. [blog post]
Europe Finally Confronting the Real Problems at the Root of the Migration Crisis 2015. 09. 30. After months of heated debate in Europe, the question of how the European Union should handle the migration crisis came down to one simple clash of priorities. [Blog post]
European Citizens’ Initiative Needs to Live up to Expectations 2015. 09. 28. A Report on the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI), drafted by EPP Group MEP György Schöpflin, received the unanimous support of the European Parliament's Committee on Constitutional Affairs today. György Schöpflin said: "The idea is that citizens are empowered to launch legislation initiatives and are thereby able to participate in European-level politics with greater intensity than hitherto. However, after over three years in operation, various obstacles to the effective functioning of the ECI have been encountered."