Max Griera

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said he speaks to his counterparts in Russia, Serbia, Israel, the United States and Turkey both before and after EU meetings on foreign affairs. politico.eu/article/hungar…

Viktor Orbán’s block on a loan for Ukraine is not the U.S.’ issue, Washington’s ambassador to the EU has said days after Donald Trump endorsed the Hungarian PM’s reelection campaign. politico.eu/article/hungar…

‘Politics, not crime’ is the challenge to tackling corruption, EU chief prosecutor says dlvr.it/TRg0gs

🔴 Move fast and break things: von der Leyen’s method under scrutiny As she heads into Thursday’s European Council, the Commission president is under more pressure than ever to deliver. 🔗 eurac.tv/9Yrs

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s condemnation of the U.S. and Israel’s attack on Iran initially made him an outlier in Europe. Now everyone wants in. politico.eu/article/spain-…

The European liberal political family is urging EU leaders to form a pact with Japan, Canada, and South Korea to deter Donald Trump and China from exerting undue pressure on trade partners, according to a paper seen by POLITICO. politico.eu/article/eu-lib…

If Brussels claws back €10 billion of EU funds controversially disbursed to Hungary, it will also have to recover as much as €137 billion from Poland too, Budapest’s EU affairs minister has told POLITICO. politico.eu/article/hungar…

A right-wing Swedish MEP today said he started a WhatsApp group with members of the main conservative faction in the European Parliament that has angered German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. politico.eu/article/eu-rig…

Even if he wins Hungary's April 12 election, opposition leader Péter Magyar will need to find a way to break PM Viktor Orbán’s ubiquitous grip on state institutions. But he has a strategy: recruit top business leaders to to form his Cabinet. politico.eu/article/hungar…

Hungary’s political rivals Viktor Orbán and Peter Magyar have flexed their strength at huge rallies as next month's election looms. politico.eu/article/size-c…

Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar is recruiting top business leaders to form his Cabinet if he wins next month’s election — calculating they will bring the skills needed to break Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s ubiquitous grip on state institutions. politico.eu/article/hungar…

In its second blunder in its Huawei cash-for-influence investigation, the Belgian prosecutor's office has admitted an EU lawmaker was wrongly accused of receiving payments from China by mixing him up with a businessman with the same name. politico.eu/article/belgia…

Another serious mistake in an immunity waiver dossier. The Belgian authorities admitted confusing an MEP with a different person who simply shares the same name — yet the allegation still made it into the file sent to the European Parliament. When reputations and parliamentary immunity are at stake, such errors are unacceptable. politico.eu/article/belgia…

European and American officials are scrambling to avoid a return to their transatlantic trade war, amid increasing frustration in Washington over the EU’s failure to implement the transatlantic trade deal they agreed last summer. politico.eu/article/time-r…

A top Trump administration official has reassured Brussels that Washington remains committed to its trade deal with the European Union, amid mounting fears in Europe and the U.S. that the agreement could unravel. politico.eu/article/us-com…

Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar is accusing the Kremlin of supporting the election campaign of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán with a new barrage of disinformation videos that are supposed to appear on Thursday. politico.eu/article/vikto-…

EXCLUSIVE: The leaders of Europe’s two biggest political parties are going on fancy dinner dates as they try to repair their frayed relationship. Here’s an inside look at what led to the deterioration — and how the groups are trying to fix it 👇 🔗 politi.co/47mpAaW

The leaders of Europe’s two biggest political parties — plus 10 deputies each — went out for a meal last month, according to five people who were there. And there are more dates to come. The idea: stop the fighting between two traditional allies. politico.eu/article/manfre…

Right-wing political groups in the European Parliament today sealed an agreement on EU rules to deport migrants staying illegally in the EU after negotiations within the centrist coalition collapsed. politico.eu/article/eu-par…

Three MEPs — including the head of the French National Rally delegation in the European Parliament — have been sanctioned for failing to complete mandatory anti-harassment training. politico.eu/article/europe…