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The European Union’s rotating presidency has been handed from Belgium to Hungary at a ceremony in the Budapest parliament. The former communist and now eurosceptic country’s first EU presidency began this month and will run through June. Hungary joined the EU in 2004.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of the conservative Fidesz party at the presidency ceremony made a speech highlighting Hungary’s strong Christian dimension.
He said EU members together need to unite to overcome current economic pressures, and said Hungary will concentrate on Croatia’s candidacy to join the bloc, and Bulgaria and Romania’s bid to enter the Schengen area.
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