Budapest will be aiming to strengthen the European Union’s competitiveness during the Hungarian presidency of the Council of the European Union, János Bóka, the EU affairs minister, said in Brussels on Wednesday. Outlining this month’s schedule of informal Council meetings in Hungary, Bóka told a press conference that these meetings would aim to shape the bloc’s competitiveness and political direction.
This month Hungary will host informal meetings of the EU’s environmental protection, justice and interior ministers, among others, he said. The ministers in charge of environmental protection will discuss water management, while justice and interior ministers will cover cooperation among EU judicial bodies, the role of artificial intelligence in court proceedings, the fight against organised crime and migration, he added.