Hungarian government ready for further EC talks

János Bóka, the minister for European Union affairs, has said the government has made clear to the European Commission that it remains committed to negotiations both on a political and technical level.

Hungary has made specific proposals on the structure and topic of the talks with a view to speeding up the outcome, and these were well received, he told HirTV in an interview on Thursday evening.

The minister said that Hungary had already met all previous conditions for unblocking its EU funding but was pursuing further talks in view of the EU’s “unprecedented geopolitical and economic challenges”. It is vitally important, he said, to send a message to all member states and the world that “the European Union is united”.

He said Hungary was pursuing the talks constructively “and in the spirit of loyal cooperation” in the expectation that it would be similarly treated by the European institutions and other member states.