On Monday, the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) presented its Final Report in Beirut, containing its observations and recommendations on the for the electoral process in Lebanon. Chief Observer MEP György Hölvényi said, "The mission has come to...
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Churches are key players for peace in Europe
“We must work for peace in Europe in every possible way. The churches have a key role to play in these efforts”, stressed MEP György Hölvényi after his meeting with the Universal Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople in Istanbul on Thursday.
Attack on one of the most important Christian feasts: the state is unable to protect Christians in Nigeria
A gunman attacked worshippers at the St Francis Catholic Church in the Nigerian town of Owo during a mass on Pentecost Sunday. In the attack, around fifty people were killed, including children.
The divided European left against normality
Today, the European Parliament’s plenary adopted a report which, after many years, could have taken a strong action in defence of religious minorities suffering persecution. It could have taken. “Instead, the ideological ‘pressure’ of the radicalising European left has undermined the original intention of the report.
Access to quality education is an opportunity for the next generation in Africa
At plenary session of the European Parliament on Tuesday, MEPs adopted the report on “Towards an EU strategy to promote education for children in the world.” MEP György Hölvényi contributed to the preparation of the report on behalf of the Committee on Development.
MEP György Hölvényi to lead EU Election Observation Mission in Lebanon
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell has appointed MEP György Hölvényi, Member of the European Parliament, as Chief Observer of the Mission, reported the European External Action Service in a press release on Wednesday.
Equal partnership, greater responsibility
The EU needs to recognise that we can only make progress where our African partners are open to change”, said MEP György Hölvényi, Coordinator for EPP Group Coordinator in the Committee on Development, at the plenary session of the EP on EU-Africa relations
European and African trade
György Hölvényi MEP tells Mace’s Themistoklis Asthenidis about his expectations for a new partnership deal between the European Union and the African Union covering five major pillars.
We look forward to an ambitious leadership from the French Presidency, building on the work already started.
We look forward to an ambitious leadership from the French Presidency, building on the work already started