Most of those who were convicted of smuggling migrants were from Ukraine, Romania and Serbia, and are thus expected to return there, the ambassador said.

The draft resolution cites the continued deterioration of human rights in Hungary, as well as the anti-EU campaigns which have become part of the government's strategy.

According to the Hungarian government, the EU owes Hungary 1.5 billion euros – which is the amout Hungary has spent on protecting the EU's external borders since 2015.

It's been a year since Sweden submitted its request to join NATO, but Hungary still hasn't ratified it, as the governing coalition's MPs are "still expecting reassurance" from Sweden.

The Hungarian Parliament accepted President Novák's veto on the law regulating public interest reporting.

30 percent of them agree with the protests for education reform as well, but barely any of them know teachers who had quit because of the government's education policy.

A diplomat who was present at the meeting said that the exchange was civilized.

President Von der Leyen has never proposed any action on the Friendship pipeline to anyone – the EC reacted to allegations published by several Hungarian pro government media outlets.

They did not come to challenge a specific party – one of the delegation members stressed, adding that he belongs to the same political group as as Hungary's smaller governing party.