Tag: Trocsanyi
Balkans 27.09.19 | 11:25

Orban says that Trocsanyi’s sin was in that he helped stop the flow of migrants into Europe

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that the rejection of the candidacy of Laszlo Trocsanyi to be the next EU Enlargement Commissioner by the European Parliament was caused by his work to stop the flow of migrants into Europe. Trocsanyi, the former Hungarian Justice Minister, was voted down by...

Balkans 26.09.19 | 21:59

V4 on the vote against Trocsanyi: Political witch hunt in the EP

Hungarian MEP Jozsef Szajer has described the hearing of commissioner-designate Laszlo Trocsanyi and the decision of conflict of interest as a political witch hunt, reports the V4 news agency. The European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs has found a conflict of interest between Laszlo Trocsanyi’s...

Balkans 26.09.19 | 18:01

Trocsanyi says the vote against him was a political decision

Laszlo Trocsanyi, the Hungarian candidate for EU Enlargement Commissioner, said that the decision by the Legal Committee of the European Parliament was politically driven and that he will take legal measures against it. Trocsanyi was rejected by the Committee today, in a 11 to 9 vote, over allegations...

Balkans 26.09.19 | 17:01

Unprecedented move by the JURI committee: The Hungarian candidate for enlargement commissioner was rejected

The Legal Affairs (JURI) Committee of the European Parliament blocked the nomination of the Hungarian candidate Laszlo Trocsanyi for the next Enlargement Commissioner. After the vote of 40 members of Parliament from all party groups, it was revealed that Ursula von der Leyen’s nominee for enlargement...

Balkans 10.09.19 | 20:45

Trocsanyi says it’s a great honor to be nominated to lead the EU enlargement process

Laszlo Trocsanyi, the Hungarian candidate to be the European Commissioner for enlargement, said that it is a great honor for him to receive the nomination. I’m happy that the new Commission President Ursula von der Leyen expects me to assume the position of Commissioner for neighborhood policy...

Macedonia 12.07.19 | 12:02

Austria nominates Hahn to another EU Commission term, Hungary also eyes the enlargement portfolio

The interim Government of Austria again proposed Johannes Hahn as its representative in the European Commission. Hahn would thus receive his third term in the Commission, but it is unclear whether he would retain the office of enlargement, which he held in his second term. During his mandate Hahn was...