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Today, Hungary's Viktor Orbán will belatedly present in Strasbourg the programme of his country's controversial six-month EU Council presidency – after a "propaganda talk" with press on Tuesday. And if today is anything to go on, there will be fireworks.
Yesterday, the head of the liberal Renew Europe group, Valérie Hayer warned about a potential “Orbán show” during today's plenary debate. MEPs from both the centre-right European People’s Party and the centre-left Socialists and Democrats — the biggest groups in the parliament — talked about a “failed” Hungarian EU presidency.
The Hungarian government has announced the following priorities for its six month Presidency: a new European competitiveness deal; boosting European defence policy; a consistent and merit-based enlargement policy; stemming illegal migration; shaping the future of cohesion policy; a farmer-oriented EU agricultural policy; addressing demographic challenges.
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