A Member State coordinating with Russia is "actively working against the security and the interests of the EU and all its citizens" said the European Commission reacting to the latest revelations about the Lavrov-Szijjártó connections
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Posts by Roland Papp
Péter Magyar promises to unfreeze the blocked EU funds. But it won't be easy. I talked to @ericmaurice.bsky.social and @juliapocze.bsky.social for @contexte.com about the future
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On Szijjártó: The @consilium.europa.eu confirmed that Council meetings are covered by the obligation of professional secrecy. Officials are required, even after their duties have ceased, not to disclose information covered by the obligation of professional secrecy.
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Many are frustrated with Orbán blocking the EU's help for Ukraine. @terryreintke.bsky.social calls for sanctions against Hungary and using the Article 7 procedure
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The Commission offers help to repair the Druzhba pipeline. Orbán keeps up his veto so far. nepszava.hu/3315716_orba...
The Rapid Response System was activated by platforms and civil society to help defend the online space from illegal campaign activities, such as disinformation campaigns and illegal political advertisements.
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Hungary is already complaining that there's no decision on the SAFE loan. 16 out of the 19 MSs are on track to get the loan to boost their defence industries
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What does Visegrád cooperation mean today? Does it still matter? Or is there an illiberal V3 emerging?
I wrote about these questions for @contexte.com
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Orbán sent a new letter to Costa: He wants a fact finding mission to Druzhba pipeline and will accept the findings
This can be the first step to withdraw his veto of the €90bn help for Ukraine.
"My initiative also aims at facilitating the timely resolution of the issue"
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In Kyiv @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu & @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu promised to help Ukraine, the EU'll find a way, even if Hungary broke its promise and now blocks the €90bn loan
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Member States're reluctant to go forward with ETS2, even if this might undermine EU's climate goals. I talked to Energiaklub and @phuc-vinh.bsky.social of @delorsinstitute.bsky.social
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@piotrserafin.bsky.social said in the EP CONT/BUDG meeting that audit and control mechanisms and procurement rules will be part of the evaluation of the Hungarian safe plan
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Tisza party announced their future minister of foreign affairs:
Anita Orbán (yes, common name).After her PhD in the US she wrote a book (2008) "Power, Energy& the New Russian Imperialism". Worked (early 2010s) to diversify energy supply in gov, then corporate leadership jobs
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Corrosive capital is not business as usual, but not corruption either. Explains @tenaprelec.bsky.social to Népszava. @carnegieeurope.bsky.social study examines some typical projects from the Western Balkans nepszava.hu/3308849_korr...
Hungarian opposition party is going against the EPP majority, Péter Magyar is against Mercosur, he says to protect farmers
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Péter Magyar, the leader of HU opposition (in EPP) says that Tisza party is against the Mercosur deal, they will vote against the EPP group line. Magyar is having a press conference together with farmers in Strasbourg, some of them are Tisza candidates for April elections
Orbán talks about the reparation loan as if it was already off the table. The reality is different.
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Due to the N+2 rule HU is losing around €1bn from the frozen cohesion funds at the end of the year, as the gov has failed to address the EC's concerns nepszava.hu/3305205_400-...
HU rewrites its RRF plan. €4bn would go for capital injection to the HU Development Bank. Education, transport, energy& social projects would be scrapped. However, HU first needs to fulfil the anti-corruption/transparency super milestones & now there's no change in sight
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Orbán: we will not implement the migration pact
@magnusbrunner.bsky.social: Yes, you will
I also talked to @cartasilvia.bsky.social of @picumofficial.bsky.social about the new EU rules on migration and what it means
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The @ec.europa.eu presented its 2 plans to support Ukraine. Opening up the MFF is impossible due to Hungary, and the reparation loan guarantees don't seem to satisfy Belgium's concerns
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SAFE loan pre-financing and project announcements can come in Q1 2026, ahead of Hungary's election. HU is eligible for up to €16.2bn with almost no strings attached. No super milestones, just common procurement rules
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The EP adopted its report on the rule of law situation in Hungary. @tinekestrik.bsky.social rapporteur said that Council inaction emboldening autocrats
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CEO of @anticorruption.bsky.social @mairamartini.bsky.social told me how to improve incentives for law enforcement and how shrinking civic space threatens anti-corruption work. Read my interview 👇
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EPP is stronger than ever. The biggest group under the leadership of Manfred Weber is ready to break taboos and amend legislation together with the far-right #omnibus
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Katalin Cseh's party, Momentum expelled her immediately and demanded that she give back her parliamentary mandate, as Momentum already decided that they'd not run on the 2026 elections to give a chance for Tisza
Former Renew MEP @katalincseh.bsky.social announced that she joins a new political movement "Humanists", which is founded by one of the leaders of Párbeszéd. That Green party has never polled above 1%, even though Budapest mayor comes from them.
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Reparation loan is still the most likely way to support Ukraine. As a side effect, Orbán might lose one of his options to blackmail the EU
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Hungarian and Spanish fighter jets are policing the Baltic airspace. They have to fly close to armed Russian planes too. I report from the NATO airbase next to Šiauliai, Lithuania
#gripen #eurofighter #NATO #airforce
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