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.

The Hungarian parliamentary elections on&nbsp;Sunday 12 April 2026 are already coined as Europe’s&nbsp;most important elections this year.

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EU - Hungary

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

CONT - Exchange of views with Commissioners on the conditions and procedures for unfreezing EU funds allocated to Hungary

Exchange of views on the conditions and procedures for unfreezing EU funds allocated to Hungary: opening statements by Andreas SCHWAB (EPP, DE), HOHLMEIER, Monika (EPP, DE), Raffaele FITTO, Michael MCGRATH and Piotr SERAFIN

Exchange of views on the conditions and procedures for unfreezing EU funds allocated to Hungary: Q&A - Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) and Committee on Budgets (BUDG)

Conditions and procedures for unfreezing EU funds allocated to Hungary: extracts from the meeting with Raffaele FITTO, Executive Vice-President of European Commission, Piotr SERAFIN, European Commissioner and Michael MCGRATH, European Commissioner

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Péter MAGYAR, Prime Minister of Hungary

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Peter MAGYAR, Hungarian Prime Minister: extracts from the meeting

Press conference on after the Hungarian elections – What will happen to Hungary’s EU funds?

Press conference on the situation in Hungary

CONT BUDG - Exchange of views on the scrutiny of the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation and its interplay with other instruments with focus on Hungary’s frozen funds

EP Plenary session - Pending approval of the Hungarian national plan for Security Action for Europe (SAFE) funding

Press conference on the existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded

BUDG/CONT joint meeting on Unfreezing EU funds to Hungary

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, meets with Peter MAGYAR, Hungarian Prime Minister

EP Plenary debate on allegations of Hungarian espionage

Budapest Pride march 2025

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.

Allegations of espionage by the Hungarian Government within the EU institutions: closing statement by Piotr SERAFIN, European Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration

Allegations of espionage by the Hungarian Government within the EU institutions: opening statement by Piotr SERAFIN, European Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration

Allegations of espionage by the Hungarian Government within the EU institutions: MEPs debate

Press Conference by Bas EICKHOUT, (Greens/EFA, NL) and Terry REINTKE, (Greens/EFA, DE), co-presidents and Gergely KARÁCSONY, Mayor of Budapest on freedom of assembly and rule of law in Hungary: intimidation against the mayor of Budapest, and others

Budapest Pride March 2025 with the participation of Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUŢĂ, EP Vice-President, and MEPs: extracts from the event

Budapest Pride March 2025 international press conference: Q&A

Budapest Pride March 2025, international press conference: opening statements by Gergely KARÁCSONY, Hadja LAHBIB, Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUŢĂ Vice President of the EP and Máté HEGEDÚS

Budapest Pride March 2025 with the participation of Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUŢĂ, EP Vice-President: extracts from the international press conference

Freedom of assembly in Hungary and the need for the Commission to act: closing statement by Michael MCGRATH, European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law, and Consumer Protection

Freedom of assembly in Hungary and the need for the Commission to act: MEPs debate (part 2)

Freedom of assembly in Hungary and the need for the Commission to act: MEPs debate (part 1)

Freedom of assembly in Hungary and the need for the Commission to act: one round of political group speakers

Freedom of assembly in Hungary and the need for the Commission to act: opening statement by Michael MCGRATH, European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law, and Consumer Protection

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

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

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

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