On Thursday evening the Government Spokesperson told Hungarian television channel M1 that the Government accepts the decision of the Curia on the referendum regarding Sunday as a day of rest: people should decide what they want.
At a press conference prior to a civil forum in Székesfehérvár on Thursday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said that the last month’s terrorist attack was not directed against Belgium, but against Europe and the EU.
In March 2016, inflation fell by -0.2 percent year-on-year in Hungary. This was mainly due to low oil prices and disinflationary effect from Europe, but it was also attributable to the reduction of VAT on pork.
The European Commission’s package of proposals which was disclosed to the public yesterday would infringe Hungary’s sovereignty as it would delegate the distribution of migrants to EU competence.
The Government is able to guarantee the people’s security, but to this end the approval of the counter-terrorism action plan is a must.
The Hungarian Government does not only respect the Curia’s decision regarding the Sunday day of rest, but also the referendum initiative, János Lázár said.
In the light of the package of proposals presented by the European Commission for reforming the asylum system, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office described the referendum initiated with respect to the mandatory settlement quotas as a decisive vote at the 45th Governmentinfo press conference which he held jointly with Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács.
János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office and Corina Cretu, European Commissioner for Regional Policy agreed on the out-of-court settlement of the so-called asphalt case on Thursday in Budapest.
After a Committee meeting of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that repaying the IMF-EU loan is an unprecedented achievement, which could not have been accomplished without friends like the OECD.
“The next UN Secretary-General should come from Central-Eastern Europe and it would be useful if the next leader of the international organisation came from within the Western Balkan region”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday in Budapest at a press conference following his meeting with Montenegrin Foreign Minister and candidate for United Nations Secretary-General Igor Lukšić.