Joseph Daul MEP, Chairman of the EPP Group, congratulates Pál Schmitt on his election as the President of Hungary 2010. 06. 29. On behalf of the EPP Group, I would like to cordially congratulate you on your election as President of the Hungarian Republic.
Combating poverty not only by words, but by action 2010. 06. 24. Press release of Lívia Járóka - The Belgian Information Office of the European Parliament as well as the Hungarian and Belgian Anti-Poverty Network organized a charity cooking in Brussels on the occasion of the European Year of Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. As one of the hosts of the event, Lívia Járóka Hungarian MEP (European People's Party Group) spoke of the necessity of applying realistic statistical indicators and developing those lagging behind micro-regions that are invisible to current EU data collection.
The first report on minorities was presented in the EP 2010. 06. 18. Press release of Kinga GÁL - The European Parliament’s Intergroup for Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages, led by Kinga Gál MEP (EPP Group), hosted a meeting with the Director of the Fundamental Rights Agency, Morten Kjaerum, in Strasbourg, where the first report on minorities was presented.
With clear objectives against the discrimination of women 2010. 06. 16. Lívia Járóka's press release - The European Parliament held a debate on the new EU Roadmap for gender equality at the plenary session in Strasbourg. In her speech Lívia Járóka MEP, vice-chair of the EP's Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee and shadow-rapporteur of the new Roadmap urged the economic empowerment of women as well as combating multiple discrimination.
The Lessons of the crisis 2010. 06. 15. Press Release of MEP Enikő Győri (Fidesz/EPP Group) - Crisis knows no frontiers: this was clearly evidenced by the fact that from the very beginning of the economic turmoil, problems in the eurozone exerted immediate effects on non-eurozone countries, despite the fact that the latter disposed of a much healthier banking system. In the overwhelming majority of cases, toxic products were e.g. largely absent from the balance sheets of the financial institutions in the new Members States, and most of them conducted a rather prudent and sound investment policy. For this reason, it is not surprising that there was no need for any major banking bailout operation in the region – although the crisis undoubtedly hit the economies of the new Member States in a more severe way, and put to trial both the spirit and the practice of European solidarity.
EU funds to eliminate flooded Roma ghettos 2010. 06. 11. The Group of European Socialists and Democrats held a conference titled "Roma: A European reality" with the participation of László Andor, Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs. Lívia Járóka Hungarian MEP (Fidesz) asked the commissioner about the EU funds available for alleviating the damages caused by the recent floods in Hungary as well as the implementation of the integrated guidelines of the EU 2020 initiative.
EU support for the social inclusion of Roma 2010. 06. 04. Press Release of MEP Lívia Járóka - The European Union’s 1,5 million EUR pilot project for the social inclusion of Roma has been officially launched today. Lívia Járóka MEP (Fidesz/EPP Group) expressed her hope that the project would prove to be a good practice on which the European-level effort for enhancing the situation of Roma can be based.
European Parliament hosts exhibition on famous Hungarians 2010. 06. 02. An exhibition of famous Hungarian artists and scientists from the 18th century to the present opened in the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday.
Elections 2010 – Hungary to join EU fast lane, says Fidesz MEP 2010. 04. 28. Hungary now has the chance to"return to Europe's fast lane," Fidesz MEP Jozsef Szajer, told a news conference in Brussels on Tuesday.
