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Kövesi met with Justice Minister Márta Görög, Finance Minister András Kármán, Interior Minister Gábor Pósfai and Deputy Prosecutor General István Lajtár at the Justice Ministry.
The EPPO is an independent European Union body responsible for investigating criminal offenses affecting the bloc’s financial interests, conducting prosecutions and bringing perpetrators to justice. These offenses include budgetary fraud affecting EU financial interests, active and passive corruption, embezzlement, money laundering, cross-border tax fraud and other related offenses.
In criminal cases outside the EPPO’s jurisdiction, the Hungarian Office of the Prosecutor General and the National Asset Recovery and Protection Office will continue to act as public prosecutors. Hungarian courts will continue to determine criminal liability under the country’s legal system, the statement said.
The accession process involves significant professional, institutional and legislative tasks that must be completed “as soon as possible,” the ministry added.
Legislative work will proceed in two phases. The first will establish the system for selecting the European prosecutor and European delegated prosecutors, requiring amendments to three laws. The relevant legislative package will be submitted to Parliament as early as 2026.
The aim is to establish a selection procedure that ensures the highest possible level of independence, objectivity and professional rigor.
Given the high professional standards required, the legislative process needs a longer preparation period to allow for broad consultations with the organizations concerned on the selection criteria and procedural details, the ministry said.
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