European Commission sued to release OLAF report on company tied to Viktor Orbán's son-in-law
OLAF found evidence of fraud and organized crime in 17 out of the 35 streetlight projects awarded to Elios Zrt., but the report is confidential.
OLAF found evidence of fraud and organized crime in 17 out of the 35 streetlight projects awarded to Elios Zrt., but the report is confidential.
The EP's Foreign Affairs Committee was reassured by Várhelyi's written answers to their questions that remained after last Thursday's hearing.
The European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee is set to decide about the fate of the Hungarian Commissioner-designate this afternoon.
Olivér Várhelyi gets the same portfolio that was intended for rejected nominee for the Commission László Trócsányi
The Hungarian Prime Minister spoke at the Friends of Cohesion summit in Prague.
The European Commisson's President-elect accepted the nomination of Olivér Várhelyi as commissioner.
The hot-headed ambassador from the Hungarian Permanent Representation to the EU might get Trócsányi's intended seat on the Commission. But who is he?
"I cannot allow the European Parliament or anybody to cherrypick Hungarian politicians instead of the Hungarian people," said Viktor Orbán.
Nominees Trócsányi and Plumb rejected for a second time by JURI, Hungary's permanent representative to the EU is a possible new nominee.
The EP's legal affairs committee (JURI) rejected the Hungarian and Romanian nominees for the EU Commission. Hungarian nominee plans legal action.
The European Commission's President-elect Ursula von der Leyen met Viktor Orbán in Brussels on Thursday.
Prior consultation to make the loan scheme to incentivise childbirth compliant with EU law ends up fueling the government's anti-Brussels campaign.
Suspicions are that Elios Zrt., owned at the time by István Tiborcz, cooperated with competitors to secure winning public procurement procedures.