Mother tongue versus “state language” in the EU

During his visit to Serbia last week, the president of Hungary, László Sólyom, made a statement saying that the state language in the countries with significant Hungarian minorities (like e.g. Romania and Slovakia) should be taught as a “foreign language”. Olvasd tovább… »

Explanation of vote on resolution on the outcome of the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change

I welcomed the opportunity to support this Resolution. The Copenhagen summit was a disappointment in many respects. The EU failed especially in: Olvasd tovább… »

Russian Warning on Possible Gas Crisis

Dear president, dear fellow members,

along with the approaching Winter season, a threat of  the possible new gas crisis is emerging from the East. Few weeks ago, prime minister Putin made clear for us that Russia may violate again the long term gas supply contract with EU member states. To avoid this, he has called EU to lend as much as 1 billion EUR to Ukraine in order to make it able to fulfil its gas transit commitments. So we can expect another round of strange political play directed by our Russian partner. This is unacceptable. Olvasd tovább… »