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The mem­bers of the Net­work of Pub­lic Pro­se­cu­tors or equ­i­va­lent ins­ti­tu­tions at the Sup­re­me Judi­ci­al Courts of the Mem­ber Sta­tes of the Euro­pe­an Union (NADAL NETWORK) are mee­ting for the six­teenth time on 22-23 May 2025. The event is atten­ded by around 100 high-ranking rep­re­s­en­ta­ti­ves from 40 count­ri­es and inter­na­ti­o­nal orga­ni­sa­tions, inc­lu­ding 25 pro­se­cu­tors gene­ral.

Dr Péter Polt, Pres­ident of the Net­work, wel­co­med the con­fe­ren­ce par­ti­ci­pants. He also infor­med them that this was his last appe­arance as Hungary’s Pro­se­cu­tor Gene­ral, as on 20 May he had been elec­ted Cons­ti­tu­ti­o­nal Court Judge by the Nati­o­nal Assemb­ly and would the­re­fo­re be con­ti­nu­ing his legal care­er at the Cons­ti­tu­ti­o­nal Court from 10 June. Dr. Péter Polt int­ro­du­ced Dr. Gábor Bálint Nagy, pro­se­cu­tor, head of the Cabi­net at the Offi­ce of the Pro­se­cu­tor Gene­ral, who had been nomi­na­ted for the posit­i­on of Pro­se­cu­tor Gene­ral by Dr. Tamás Sulyok, Pres­ident of the Repub­lic.

Dr. Lász­ló Kövér, Spea­ker of the Nati­o­nal Assemb­ly, gave a his­to­ri­cal over­view in his wel­com­ing spe­ech, remind­ing the audi­en­ce that there are seve­ral rule of law solu­tions for the ope­ra­ti­on of pub­lic prosecutor's offi­ces across Euro­pe. The cons­ti­tu­ti­o­nal and soci­al order of a state can be effec­ti­vely main­ta­ined if the vari­o­us ins­ti­tu­tions, even those belong­ing to dif­fe­rent bran­ches of power, ope­ra­te wit­hin a cohe­rent sys­tem. The Spea­ker of the Nati­o­nal Assemb­ly than­ked Dr. Péter Polt for his work as Pro­se­cu­tor Gene­ral and emp­ha­si­sed that the inter­na­ti­o­nal recog­ni­ti­on of the Hun­ga­ri­an Pro­se­cu­ti­on Ser­vi­ce is also demonst­ra­ted by the fact that the Pro­se­cu­tor Gene­ral is now ser­ving as the Pres­ident of the NADAL Net­work for the second time.

In his ope­ning add­ress, Dr. Péter Polt emp­ha­si­sed the sig­ni­fi­cance of the fact that, in the 16 years since the Net­work was est­ab­lis­hed, the 154-year-old Hun­ga­ri­an Pro­se­cu­ti­on Ser­vi­ce is once again host­ing the event after 2012. The mem­bers of the Net­work always strive to dis­cuss the most topi­cal issues that are of con­cern to all par­ti­ci­pants. Accord­ingly, the three panels of the Buda­pest con­fe­ren­ce will focus on cri­mes com­mit­ted in the online space, issues rela­ted to the dig­ital tran­sit­i­on of the jus­ti­ce sys­tem, and dom­es­tic and inter­na­ti­o­nal expe­ri­en­ces in com­bat­ing envi­ron­men­tal crime.

Dr. Róbert Répás­sy, Deputy Minis­ter of Jus­ti­ce and Par­lia­men­tary State Sec­re­tary, drew the par­ti­ci­pants’ attent­ion to the fact that the pri­o­rity objec­ti­ves of the Ministry of Jus­ti­ce inc­lu­de expanding and strengt­he­ning the rights of vic­tims and pro­vi­ding assis­tance to vic­tims of crime. The fight aga­inst cyberc­ri­me is also a pri­o­rity area for the leg­i­sla­tor, and the Pro­se­cu­ti­on Ser­vi­ce is an impor­tant and essen­ti­al part­ner in both areas.

Furt­her infor­ma­ti­on about the NADAL NETWORK, the Buda­pest con­fe­ren­ce and its backg­round can be found on our web­site https://ugyeszseg.hu/category/nadal-2025/ and on our soci­al media pages https://www.facebook.com/ugyeszseg and https://x.com/ProsecutionHu.