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The Hungarian National Assembly's commitment to strengthening parliamentary collaboration within the Visegrád Co-Operation has been unbroken since the establishment of the co-operation in 1991. There have been regular parliamentary contacts since the meeting of the Chairs of the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committees of the Visegrád Group countries in 1998, as well as discussions among Speakers of Parliaments since the meeting of the Speakers of Parliaments held in 2003, in Budapest.
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Polish Presidency 01.07.2024 - 30.6.2025
Speaker-level meetings
Information on the Meeting of the Speakers of Parliaments of the Visegrád Countries organized during the Polish V4 Presidency are expected later.
Committee-level meetings
In the frame of the Polish Presidency of the Visegrád Group the Meeting of the Committees on Agriculture of the Parliaments of the Visegrád Group (V4) countries, with participation of Romania and the baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) took place on 22–23rd of May 2025 in Warsaw. The Hungarian National Assembly was represented at the event by Sándor Font, Chair of the Committee on Agriculture. The two main topics of the meeting were: “Trade relationships with Ukraine and the impact of the agreement with Mercosur countries on the agricultural sector in the European Union” and “Common Agricultural Policy – conclusions from the current perspective and the future”.
In the frame of the Polish Presidency of the Visegrád Group the Meeting of the Committees on Agriculture of the Parliaments of the Visegrád Countries took place on 14–15 November 2024 in Warsaw. On behalf of the Polish Sejm Mirosław Maliszewski, Chair and Robert Telus, Deputy Chair of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, while on behalf of the Polish Senate Ryszard Bober, Chair, and Jerzy Chróścikowski as well as Beniamin Godyla Deputy Chairs of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development participated in the event. From the Slovak National Council Rudolf Huliak, Chair and Ján Kvorka, member of the Committee on Agriculture and the Environment, while on behalf of the Czech Senate Petr Fiala, Deputy Chair of the Committee on National Economy, Agriculture and Transport were present at the event. The Hungarian National Assembly was represented at the meeting by Sándor Font, Chair of the Committee on Agriculture.
Poland is holding the Presidency of the Visegrád Group for one year from 1 July 2024. In the framework of the Presidency, the Polish Sejm organized the informal meeting of the Committees on Economic Affairs on 13 November 2024 in Warsaw. The event was hosted by Marek Suski, Chair of the Committee on Energy, Climate and State Asset of the Polish Sejm. Deputy Chairs Janusz Kowalski and Krzysztof Mulawa, as well as Marek Wesoły, Committee member were also present from the Committee. The Hungarian National Assembly was represented by Erik Bánki, Chair of the Committee on Economics, the Polish Senate by Waldemar Pawlak, Chair of the National Economy and Innovativeness Committee, the Slovak National Council by Igor Šimko and Karol Galek, members of the Economic Affairs Committee.
Czech Presidency 01.07.2023 - 30.6.2024
Speaker-level meetings
The Czech Parliament, which holds the Presidency of the Visegrád Group from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024, organized the meeting of the Speakers of Parliaments of the V4 countries and Ukraine in Prague on 28-29 February 2024. The event was hosted by Markéta Pekarová Adamová, Speaker of the Czech Chamber of Deputies, and Miloš Vystrčil, President of the Czech Senate. The Hungarian National Assembly was represented by Csaba Hende, Deputy Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly, the Slovak National Council by Peter Pellegrini, Speaker, while the Polish Parliament by Szymon Hołowni, Marshal of the Sejm and Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, Marshal of the Senate.
Committee-level meetings
The Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Czech Republic, which holds the Presidency of the Visegrád Group from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024, jointly organised a meeting for the Defence and Security Committees of the Parliaments of the Visegrád countries on 28- 29 April 2024 in Prague.
Related issues
Events
The Committees on European Affairs of the Parliaments of the Visegrád countries met in Budapest between 16–18 April 2023. At the invitation of Richárd Hörcsik, Chairman of the Committee on European Affairs of the Hungarian National Assembly, all the relevant committees of the V4 Parliamentary Chambers were represented at the event. The meeting was attended by Zoltán Tessely, Balázs Barkóczi and Péter Balassa, Vice-Chairs and Boglárka Illés and Hajnalka Juhász, members of the host Committee, alongside the Chair of the Committee.
A meeting of the European Affairs Committees of the Parliaments of V4 countries took place in Košice on 24-26 April 2022, organised by the Slovak National Council. The event was hosted by Vladimira Marcinková, the Chair of the Slovak Committee and attended by representatives from the relevant committees of all V4 parliamentary chambers, except from the Polish Senate. The Hungarian National Assembly was represented by dr. Richárd Hörcsik, Chairman and Zoltán Tessely, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on European Affairs. Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, Chairwoman of the European Integration Committee of the Parliament of Ukraine, also joined part of the event online, thanking all countries for the help they have provided to Ukraine so far and asking for further assistance to help them fight and survive
On 17 March 2022, the award ceremony of the competition titled ‘Hungary and the Central European Region in the European Union, the European Union in the World’ launched by the Speaker of the National Assembly, the Minister of Justice and the Head of the European Commission Representation in Hungary was held in the Parliament building.