Roland Papp
@rlndpapp.bsky.social
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EU correspondent @ Népszava Journalist for independent Hungarian media + freelance researcher Hungary/ Central and Eastern Europe/ AML/Sanctions/ EU/ Illicit Financial Flows/ From Budapest, yet an idealist
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Ilaria Salis's immunity was not waived. It was decided by ONE vote. She's the Italian MEP who was in a Hungarian prison before elected as to the EP, she was charged with three counts of attempted battery causing life-threatening bodily harm in the framework of a criminal organisation
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HU will receive €163.5M from the frozen funds within 60 days. The cohesion mid-term review allowed them to regroup €545M to STEP priorities. While they are officially frozen, there is a 30% pre-financing in that envelope.
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Két hónapon belül közel 64 milliárd forint érkezik a magyar kormányhoz a befagyasztott uniós pénzekből
Kisakkozták.
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JURI Committee doesn't support lifting the immunity of Ilaria Salis & Péter Magyar & Klára Dobrev
In case of Salis, it's against the suggestion of the rapporteur.
Plenary votes in early October
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Ilaria Salis és Magyar Péter mentelmi jogát is megtartaná az EP szakbizottsága
Az Európai Parlament plenáris ülése az október 6-án kezdődő héten fog szavazni ezekről az ügyekről.
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The European Commission denied that they would buy Orbán's vote by unfreezing some money. Spox said that whether the Commission approves HU's request to regroup a few hundred million € in the framework of cohesion mid-term review will be based on "objective criteria" nepszava.hu/3295372_euro...
Cáfolja az Európai Bizottság, hogy Magyarország hozzájuthat befagyasztott pénz egy részéhez, ha Orbán Viktor nem vétóz
Ma nagyságrendileg 19 milliárd euró támogatást nem hívhatunk le a Magyarországnak járó uniós pénzekből.
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The Commission presented its proposal for the 19th sanctions package against Russia. Now it's time for the MSs to adopt the proposal which includes LNG ban as of January 2027, listing of banks, refineries & vessels in RU, China and beyond nepszava.hu/3295093_oros...
Ursula von der Leyen: Az EU 19. szankciós csomagjában betiltja az orosz LNG importját
Az intézkedés keretében a nagyobb orosz energiakereskedelmi vállalatok, köztük Rosznyeft és Gazpromnyeft teljes tranzakciós tilalom alá kerülnek.
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EU Minister Bóka said that Hungary won't support any sanctions against Israel. HU wants to "maintain a constructive dialogue." "otherwise our word will not count"- he explained to Hungarian press after the General Affairs Council
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Orbán shows full solidarity with Poland regarding """the drone incident""". He forgets to mention where these drones were coming from. 🧐
Meanwhile MFA Szijjártó is in Minsk today.
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Hungary can receive up to €16.2bn loan from the SAFE programme, a common EU loan to boost defence spending. One of the biggest allocations, only PL & RO receive more,+ FR gets the same amount as Orbán.
HU Parliament even adopted a resolution against a common loan in March, quite a change
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The mid-term review of the cohesion fund failed to close a loophole that could give Orbán access to hundreds of millions in otherwise frozen funds. Instead, Commissioner Fitto made a pinky promise that he cares about upholding the rule of law🤞
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Az EB-nek fontos a jogállamiság, de jogi korlátok helyett csak politikai döntésen múlik, hogy kedveskedni akarnak-e az Orbán-kormánynak több száz millió euróval
Az Európai Bizottság ezt írásba adta.
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Reposted by Roland Papp
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Every morning, 37-year-old journalist Mohamed Abu Shahma puts on his battered press jacket and leaves a note for his family — so they’ll know where to find his body if he doesn’t return. This is the life of a journalist in Gaza: www.occrp.org/en/feature/r...
Reporting From the Rubble: The Life of a Journalist in Gaza
OCCRP contributor Mohamed Abu Shahma reports between funerals, while dodging bullets and bombs, searching for food, and moving his family up and down the Gaza Strip.
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@ec.europa.eu refutes the allegations of the Russian Foreign Service about von der Leyen's plot to overthrow Orbán's government.
"I don’t even know why we are entertaining this discussion in this press room"
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Cáfolja az Európai Bizottság az orosz hírszerzést, nem, nem cél hatalomra juttatni Magyar Pétert a 2026-os parlamenti választáson vagy előtte
Brüsszelben nem is értik a kérdést.
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Regrouping/reprogramming can allow HU to access up to €2bn from the frozen funds without reforms.The Commission is currently assessing a request of €605M. Cohesion policy mid-term review can widen or close this loophole. EP is stronger, Council is less so.
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Akár kétmilliárd euróhoz is hozzájuthat némi ügyeskedéssel az Orbán-kormány az alapjogi aggályok miatt befagyasztott uniós pénzekből
Ezekhez a kabinet több lépésben próbált hozzáférni az utóbbi hónapokban.
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Visit the @pridemuseumbxl.bsky.social in Brussels before 15th July or just read my article about @tabagari.bsky.social and his team.
Because yes, there is a Pride Museum. And yes, they have a cool exhibit!🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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The only field where Hungary improved in the rule of law report concerns salaries of judges.That was achieved by the gov. blackmailing judges, they protested against it late last year. Checks and balances deteriorated, media freedom and anti-corruption stays, well, bad
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