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Hungary plans to pay back its IMF loan early and called on the fund to shut its Budapest office in what could be a symbolic move by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government to display its economic sovereignty.

The European Commission accused Hungary of nonconformity with EU legislation and breaches of the rule of law during a plenary debate in the European Parliament yesterday (17 April) in Strasbourg. The country’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán paid a visit to the parliament the previous day.

Controversial legislation recently adopted by Hungary's ruling majority has apparently been straining relations with the European Commission since the country took over the rotating EU presidency at the beginning of the year.

Fifteen large European firms have filed a complaint to the European Commission about hastily-adopted taxes in Hungary which they say threatens their activities in the country taking over the rotating EU Presidency. EURACTIV.hu reports from Budapest.

With the new conservative government, a value-oriented change is happening in Hungary, writes András István Türke, director of the Europa Varietas Institute, in a May study. With the country about to adopt a national law on dual citizenship, Türke warns that special attention should be paid to how to communicate this change to the international community.

"Hungary's turn to the right signals a broader challenge across Europe, and not the unfortunate malfunction of one of its youngest democracies," writes Joerg Forbrig, senior programme officer for Central and Eastern Europe at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, in a May paper.

Hungary's next prime minister, Viktor Orban, said on 25 April that voters had carried out a "revolution" by giving his party two thirds of the seats in parliament to rebuild Hungary after a near financial collapse.

Politicians from Hungarian governing party-in-waiting Fidesz said they would push for a revision of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) in 2011 to help tackle water scarcity and drought. EURACTIV Hungary reports.

Hungary's opposition European People's Party-affiliated Fidesz will bar foreigners from buying arable land indefinitely if it wins elections next month, party leader Viktor Orban said on 31 March. Fidesz is widely expected to obtain an absolute majority in parliament.

Two candidates have put themselves forward as candidates to fill Hungary's seat in the next European Commission. EURACTIV Hungary reports from Budapest.

Hungary and Slovakia must make a major effort to overcome nationalist tension, Péter Balázs, recently appointed as Hungary's new foreign minister, told EURACTIV Hungary in an exclusive interview.

Hungary’s Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany suffered major vote losses in local elections on 1 October 2006. The country’s President, Laszlo Solyom, has subsequently asked the parliament to oust Gyurcsany.

Mr Peter Medgyessy, the Socialist winner of the Hungarian general elections, was elected as Hungary's new Prime Minister by the Parliament on 27 May. Mr Medgyessy replaces Viktor Orban, whose Fidesz/Democratic Forum party was defeated in the 21 April general elections.

The Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, conceded defeat in the general elections on 21 April. His Fidesz/Democratic Forum party suffered defeat by the election coalition of Socialists and Free Democrats.

Hungary's centre-right government suffered a defeat at the first round of parliamentary elections on 7 April. The opposition Socialist Party took the lead with 41.2 percent of the votes, against 40.3 percent for the joint centre-right list, dominated by the ruling Fidesz party.

Hungarian voters will go to the polls on 7 April to elect a new parliament.