2010. January 25. European Parliament national minority Intergroup issues statement on Lisbon Treaty
The European Parliament national and linguistic minority Intergoup met in Strasbourg on Thursday welcoming presentations from the Council of Europe, agreeing on a new name, and issuing a statement on the Lisbon Treaty. more

2009. December 17. Visa-Free Travel for Serbia - a new chance for the relationship of the Kin State and the Hungarian minority in Serbia

The European Parliament is voting today on the issue of visa-liberalization for three states of the Western Balkans. After the Parliament's resolution, the decision of the Council of the end of November will grant free-visa travel to Serbia, Montenegro and to The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Kinga Gál, Member of the European Parliament of Fidesz-delegation emphasized in the plenary session that the granting of free-visa travel is not only a technical question, but evidently a political issue as well. Visa-liberalization is based on mutual confidence and mutual engagements. more

New chance for Europe – New opportunities for Hungary
The Fidesz-Hungarian Civic Union in the EPP Group held a conference last Saturday in Budapest, Hungary in anticipation of the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty on 1 December 2009. MEP Pal Schmitt, Vice-President of the European Parliament, said that with the adoption of the Treaty there can be finally an end to the crisis of recent years in the European Union’s institutions. The development of the Union can be continued more easily. more

The Stockholm Programme – citizens are our chief priority
The debate over the Stockholm Programme took place in the session of Strasbourg on Tuesday (insert date). The main aim of the Programme is to let citizens benefit from the area of Justice, Freedom and Security. Kinga Gál MEP (EPP), from the Hungarian Fidesz party, raised questions in connection with the Lisbon Treaty and the Stockholm Programme to the President of the European Commission, and then put forward her written presentation to the debate. more

Question Hour with the President of the Commission - on the national minorities
Ms Kinga Gál MEP raised the question to the President of the Commission if he "intends to incorporate the issue of autochthonous national and languages minorities into the portfolio of the new Commissioner for Fundamental Rights?" You can read the whole question below. more

We still need to stand up for our human and fundamental rights
Kinga Gál, MEP expressed in her one-minute speech in the plenary session: "Two decades have passed since the collapse of the Berlin Wall, the divide of the Iron Curtain, and the first opening of gaps in the barbed-wire fence that split Europe." more

Answer given by Mr Barrot on behalf of the Commission relating to the incident in which the Slovak Government formally banned the President of Hungary from crossing the border into Slovakia in August
Article 18 of the EC Treaty stipulates that every citizen of the Union shall have the right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States, subject to the limitations and conditions laid down in this Treaty and by the measures adopted to give it effect. The respective limitations and conditions are to be found in Directive 2004/38/EC. more