Hungary officially joined the EU on 1 March 2004 and the Schengen Area in December 2007.

The Hungarian EU accession negotiations started on 31 March 1998. Hungary had successfully concluded negotiations on its accession at the Copenhagen European Council in December 2002. Hungary has 22 MEPs, 12 votes in the Council and has chaired the Council of the European Union from January to June 2011.

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The rule of law and fundamental rights in Hungary, developments since September 2018: extracts from the debate

EP Mini-Plenary Session - The Hungarian government's drift to Russia-style repression: legislative threats to freedom of expression and democratic participation

The future European Union: General perspectives, Federalism or national sovereignty: address by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

European Speakers Conference in Budapest (Hungary) - Keynote Speech by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

Participation of Roberta METSOLA, EP President in the Conference of Speakers of the European Union in Budapest (Hungary): extracts

European Speakers Conference in Budapest (Hungary) - Participation of Roberta METSOLA, EP President in the Troika Meeting of the EU Speakers Conference

LIBE rule of law mission to Budapest (Hungary): meeting with Barna György SENYEI, President of the National Office for the Judiciary, and with Tamás LÁNCZI, President of the Sovereignty Protection Office

Press conference by the Members of the LIBE rule of law mission to Budapest (Hungary), chaired by Tineke STRIK (Greens/EFA, NL)

LIBE delegation Rule of Law mission in Budapest, Hungary

LIBE rule of law mission to Budapest (Hungary): meeting with Barna Pál ZSIGMOND, Deputy Minister at the Ministry of European Union Affairs

LIBE rule of law mission to Budapest (Hungary): extracts from the meetings with the LGBTIQ intergroup of the Hungarian Parliament, with representatives of the Committee on Legal Affairs and with the Committee on European Affairs

LIBE delegation in Budapest

EP Plenary debate on the threats to fundamental rights in Hungary

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Hungarian Presidency

Plenary debate - Hungary: threats to rule of law.

LIBE rule of law mission to Budapest (Hungary): meeting with Gergely KARÁCSONY, Mayor of Budapest

LIBE rule of law mission to Budapest (Hungary): extracts from the meeting with representatives of the National Judicial Council

LIBE rule of law mission to Budapest (Hungary): arrival of the delegation, statement by Tineke STRIK (Greens/EFA, NL), head of the delegation and meeting with NGOs and organisations

Recent legislative changes in Hungary and their impact on fundamental rights: MEPs debate

Recent legislative changes in Hungary and their impact on fundamental rights: opening statements by Adam SZŁAPKA, Polish Minister for European Affairs and Michael MCGRATH, European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, and the Rule of Law

Recent legislative changes in Hungary and their impact on fundamental rights: extracts from the debate

Recent legislative changes in Hungary and their impact on fundamental rights: closing statement by Michael MCGRATH, European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law, and Consumer Protection

The Hungarian government’s illegal espionage of EU institutions and investigative bodies: Closing statements by Piotr SERAFIN, European Commissioner and by Adam SZŁAPKA, Polish Minister for European Affairs

The Hungarian government’s illegal espionage of EU institutions and investigative bodies: MEPs debate

The Hungarian government’s illegal espionage of EU institutions and investigative bodies: Opening statements by Adam SZŁAPKA, Polish Minister for European Affairs, and by Piotr SERAFIN, European Commissioner

Statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, on 68th Hungarian uprising anniversary

LEX signing ceremony in presence of Roberta METSOLA, EP President and János BÓKA, Minister for European Affairs, on behalf of the Hungarian Presidency

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Hungarian Presidency: extracts from the debate

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Hungarian Presidency: closing statements by Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, European Green Deal, Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight and by Viktor ORBÁN, Hungarian Prime Minister

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