News archive


2011-06-29

About the future of High Nature Value Farming in the EP

MEPs Csaba Sógor (DAHR), George Lyon (Scottish, ALDE) and Iratxe García Pérez (Basque, S&D) organized a conference in the European Parliament about the role and future of the High Nature Value Farming in the Common Agricultural Policy on the 28th of June.


2011-06-23

The principle of subsidiarity should be mandatory for member states also

DAHR’s MEP Csaba Sógor called his colleagues’ attention to the dangers of the territorial reorganization of Romanian during the one-minute speeches of the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels on the 22nd of June.


2011-06-17

Open letter to Jerzy Buzek

Dear Mr. President, I would like to bring to your attention an unfortunate incident that happened in the meeting of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (LIBE) on Wednesday, June 15.

 

2011-06-17

Renaissance celebration at the Bethlen Gábor high-school

The Bethlen Gábor high-school’s early music and dance ensemble, the Collegium Gabrielense, was established nearly 20 years ago.  The ensemble hosted a renaissance day at the newly inaugurated dormitory of the school on the 16th of June, 2011.


2011-06-16

Romanian attack on language rights in the EP

Hungarian Minister of Administration and Justice and vice-prime minister, Tibor Navracsics and Hungarian Minister of Internal Affairs, Sándor Pintér presented the results of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and answered MEPs’ questions during the June 16th debate of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) Committee of the European Parliament.

2011-06-09

Hungarians living outside the borders are still being discriminated in the countries that attack the Hungarian Constitution

The new Hungarian Constitution was the subject of debate at the Wednesday, June the 8th meeting of the plenary session of the European Parliament. The issue was put on the agenda due to the pressure of the liberal, socialist, green and communist political groups and Commissioner Viviane Reding also attended the debate.

2011-06-08

Abolition of internal border controls is a great achievement of the European integration

One of the key issues of the plenary session of the European Parliament in June consisted of the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Shengen Area. The Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) Committee of the EP supported the issue through its opinion on the subject, but rapporteur of the subject Carlo Coelho (EPP, Portugal) analyzed the preparations made by the two member states and emphasized that the EP still requires confirmation about the additional measures in regard to the implementation.


2011-06-07

Csaba Sógor spoke of the manifestations against Hungarians in Romania on the plenary session of the EP

DAHR’s MEP Csaba Sógor raised his voice against recent manifestations against Hungarians in Romania during the one-minute speeches at the first day of the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg.


2011-06-05

Family weekend in Satu Mare

Yesterday we commemorated the fact that a while ago Hungarian families and communities were torn apart and the Hungarian nation’s economic, cultural and political strength was curbed for decades, so it is good to see that we are many here today – said DAHR’s MEP Csaba Sógor at the fifth edition of the Family Weekend.

2011-06-03

Europe needs to pay more attention to minority rights

DAHR’s MEP Csaba Sógor presented the situation of minorities in Romania at the Congress of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) in Eisenstadt, Austria. At the event, the MEP presented a country report, portraying the milestones of the minority rights movement in Romania.