{"id":37895,"date":"2026-05-21T20:55:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T18:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/prime-minister-magyar-hungary-wants-to-play-a-constructive-role-in-the-eu\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T20:55:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T18:55:29","slug":"prime-minister-magyar-hungary-wants-to-play-a-constructive-role-in-the-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/prime-minister-magyar-hungary-wants-to-play-a-constructive-role-in-the-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Magyar: Hungary wants to play a constructive role in the EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/thumbs_b_c_44570af84afef6e7a84b249b2dc3c78e.jpg\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:20px\"><\/p>\n<p>Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar, during talks with Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker in Vienna, said that Hungary intends to play a &#8220;constructive role in the European Union&#8221; by protecting national interests, reports Anadolu.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The time has come for Austria and Hungary to start a new chapter in their relations, focusing on closer cooperation instead of previous disagreements,&#8221; Magyar was quoted as saying at a joint press conference by Hungarian newspaper Magyar. <\/p>\n<p> the Hungarian economy and the stabilization of public finances&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Hungarian prime minister also confirmed that Budapest wants to revive the Visegrad Group (V4), saying that Hungary plans to organize a summit with the leaders of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia by the end of June.<\/p>\n<p>Magyar added that wider regional cooperation could also include Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, Romania and the Balkan countries. Western.<\/p>\n<p>Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker stressed the importance of Austrian-Hungarian economic relations, noting that around 1,400 Austrian companies operate in Hungary and employ around 70,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed the importance of &#8220;legal certainty and a predictable economic environment&#8221; for businesses, while acknowledging ongoing disputes over Hungary&#8217;s special taxes on foreign companies.<\/p>\n<p>Stocker also expressed support for EU enlargement, &#8220;especially in the case of the Western Balkan countries&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Enlargement is one of the most important geopolitical tools for peace, security and stability in Europe&#8221;, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Migration, energy, security and transport infrastructure were also at the center of the talks.<\/p>\n<p>Magyar said Hungary wants to &#8220;ease or eliminate repeated border controls&#8221;, arguing that Budapest continues to guarantee the protection of the external borders of the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>In the field of energy, both leaders emphasized diversification and stronger regional cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>Magyar promised support for &#8220;the development of cross-border energy capacities and gas pipeline systems, as well as the further diversification of energy sources&#8221;, saying that this issue directly affects Europe&#8217;s competitiveness.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:30px 0\">\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666\">Source: <strong>prizrenpost<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar, during talks with Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker in Vienna, said that Hungary intends to play a &#8220;constructive role in the European Union&#8221; by protecting national interests, reports Anadolu. &#8220;The time has come for Austria and Hungary to start a new chapter in their relations, focusing on closer cooperation instead of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[666],"class_list":["post-37895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-brief"],"views":12,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37897,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37895\/revisions\/37897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}