Europe’s Covid recovery fund starts to fall into place
Negotiations were difficult and the plan got off to a slow start, but Europe's huge post-coronavirus recovery fund may make its first payments in July after two important obstacles were passed
Hungary’s Orban vows to oppose EU border-guard plan
Hungarian PM Viktor Orban has vowed to oppose an EU plan aimed at bolstering the bloc's external borders, accusing Brussels of wanting to take away Hungary's control of its own frontiers.
Senior EU lawmaker warns Hungary’s Orban
The comments come ahead of the EU legislature's vote on whether to launch rule of law proceedings against Hungary.
Orban win in Hungary means more headaches for Brussels
The re-election of Hungary's Viktor Orban may have delighted populists, but the anti-immigration leader's triumph looks set to prolong the fractious EU-Budapest relationship.
Orban victory draws cheers and warnings
Right-wing leaders in France, Italy, Israel, the Netherlands, Austria and Germany congratulate Orban, who will be governing Hungary for a third consecutive term after winning the country's parliamentary election.