45 result(s) for ep plenary
EC Launches Infringement Procedure Against Hungary Over 'Lex CEU'
- 27 Apr 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Commission has launched an infringement procedure against Hungary over the recent amendments to its higher education law tightening rules governing the operations of foreign universities in the country, an EC spokesperson announced on Wednesday. Critics of the law have said it puts the operations of Budapest’s Central European University under threat.
CEU Refutes Orban’s Remarks At EP
- 27 Apr 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The Central European University (CEU) has refuted remarks that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made at Wednesday’s European Parliament plenary session. CEU said in a statement that Orbán had claimed, referring to a letter written by CEU President-Rector Michael Ignatieff to the students and teachers, that Ignatieff is not worried that CEU, operating in Budapest, may be closed down.
No Need For Immigration To Solve Demographic Challenges, Says Orbán in EP
- 27 Apr 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary will use its own resources and meet “challenges of the European demographic crisis” without immigrants, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told an international press conference in Brussels on Wednesday. Orbán spoke following a plenary in the European Parliament focusing on fundamental rights in Hungary, which Orbán said was in fact centered around migration and related issues.
EC Takes First Step In Infringement Proceeding Against Hungary Over Lex CEU
- 26 Apr 2017 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Commission has just announced that it is taking the first step toward launching an infringement proceeding against the Hungarian government over its modifications to the higher education law, better known as Lex CEU. According to the Commission, a letter is being sent to Hungarian authorities to notify them that Lex CEU may violate freedoms protected by the European Union.
Hungarian MEP Elected European Parliament Vice President
- 19 Jan 2017 8:40 AM
- current affairs
Ildikó Gáll Pelcz, an MEP of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party, was elected as one of the European Parliament’s vice presidents in Strasbourg on Wednesday. To be elected an EP vice president, a candidate requires garnering more than half of the votes cast. At the plenary, 680 MEPs cast their votes, 62 of which were invalid.
EP Adopts Resolution On Hungary Without Article 7 Call
- 17 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Parliament adopted a resolution on the situation in Hungary, as a follow-up to the EP Resolution of June 2015, but excluded from the final text a motion to prepare the procedure set forth in Article 7 of the EU’s treaty which would eject Hungary from the European Union. The resolution was proposed for adoption by the EP’s Social Democrats, Liberals, Greens and the Radical Leftist ...
EPP Stays Away From EP Debate About Hungary
- 4 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
MEPs of the European People’s Party group, including representatives of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party, stayed away from the European Parliament’s plenary debate on Hungary in protest of the legislative body’s “attacks” against the country. The Fidesz EPP group said in a statement: “Hungary is once again on the agenda of the European Parliament.
Hungary Debated In Strasbourg
- 22 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ahead of a European parliamentary debate on the situation in Hungary concerning democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights, held at the initiative of the EP’s liberal group, Hungarian left-wing opposition MEPs briefed Hungarian journalists on Tuesday evening.
EP To Hold Plenary Debate On Situation In Hungary
- 17 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Parliament will hold a plenary debate next Tuesday in Strasbourg on the situation in Hungary, the Hungarian delegation of the European People’s Party said. The decision came after the majority vote of the left-wing lawmakers, it said, adding that the Hungarian left had been heavily defeated in the local election for a third time and “they are turning to their European allies to take ...
EC Launches Infringement Procedure Against Hungary Over 'Lex CEU'
- 27 Apr 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Commission has launched an infringement procedure against Hungary over the recent amendments to its higher education law tightening rules governing the operations of foreign universities in the country, an EC spokesperson announced on Wednesday. Critics of the law have said it puts the operations of Budapest’s Central European University under threat.
CEU Refutes Orban’s Remarks At EP
- 27 Apr 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The Central European University (CEU) has refuted remarks that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made at Wednesday’s European Parliament plenary session. CEU said in a statement that Orbán had claimed, referring to a letter written by CEU President-Rector Michael Ignatieff to the students and teachers, that Ignatieff is not worried that CEU, operating in Budapest, may be closed down.
No Need For Immigration To Solve Demographic Challenges, Says Orbán in EP
- 27 Apr 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary will use its own resources and meet “challenges of the European demographic crisis” without immigrants, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told an international press conference in Brussels on Wednesday. Orbán spoke following a plenary in the European Parliament focusing on fundamental rights in Hungary, which Orbán said was in fact centered around migration and related issues.
EC Takes First Step In Infringement Proceeding Against Hungary Over Lex CEU
- 26 Apr 2017 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Commission has just announced that it is taking the first step toward launching an infringement proceeding against the Hungarian government over its modifications to the higher education law, better known as Lex CEU. According to the Commission, a letter is being sent to Hungarian authorities to notify them that Lex CEU may violate freedoms protected by the European Union.
Hungarian MEP Elected European Parliament Vice President
- 19 Jan 2017 8:40 AM
- current affairs
Ildikó Gáll Pelcz, an MEP of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party, was elected as one of the European Parliament’s vice presidents in Strasbourg on Wednesday. To be elected an EP vice president, a candidate requires garnering more than half of the votes cast. At the plenary, 680 MEPs cast their votes, 62 of which were invalid.
EP Adopts Resolution On Hungary Without Article 7 Call
- 17 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Parliament adopted a resolution on the situation in Hungary, as a follow-up to the EP Resolution of June 2015, but excluded from the final text a motion to prepare the procedure set forth in Article 7 of the EU’s treaty which would eject Hungary from the European Union. The resolution was proposed for adoption by the EP’s Social Democrats, Liberals, Greens and the Radical Leftist ...
EPP Stays Away From EP Debate About Hungary
- 4 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
MEPs of the European People’s Party group, including representatives of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party, stayed away from the European Parliament’s plenary debate on Hungary in protest of the legislative body’s “attacks” against the country. The Fidesz EPP group said in a statement: “Hungary is once again on the agenda of the European Parliament.
Hungary Debated In Strasbourg
- 22 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ahead of a European parliamentary debate on the situation in Hungary concerning democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights, held at the initiative of the EP’s liberal group, Hungarian left-wing opposition MEPs briefed Hungarian journalists on Tuesday evening.
EP To Hold Plenary Debate On Situation In Hungary
- 17 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Parliament will hold a plenary debate next Tuesday in Strasbourg on the situation in Hungary, the Hungarian delegation of the European People’s Party said. The decision came after the majority vote of the left-wing lawmakers, it said, adding that the Hungarian left had been heavily defeated in the local election for a third time and “they are turning to their European allies to take ...