In an interview for Austrian daily Kurier published on Monday, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade said he found it surprising that Austria was debating the free movement of labour and its possible restriction in the case of Eastern Europeans at all.
“The large volume of foreign investment proves that foreign enterprises are satisfied with the Hungarian decision-making system”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Monday in Budapest.
As long as people are entering Europe in an uncontrolled manner, we must primarily focus on the protection of the external EU borders, Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog stated on the political debate programme Im Zentrum of the Austrian television channel ORF2 late on Sunday night. He added that the protection of the borders guarantees the right to freedom and security in Europe.
The Government Spokesperson takes the view that those who attempt to misconstrue the references made in the closing document are simply not familiar with the European Union’s decision-making mechanism.
The Prime Minister’s Press Chief Bertalan Havasi has told Hungarian news agency MTI that today’s meeting of the National Assembly will begin with the Prime Minister’s address to Parliament before the start of daily business.
Hungarian Minister of Interior Sándor Pintér and his Serbian counterpart Nebojša Stefanović met in Röszke to discuss joint action to combat illegal immigration.
„A significant mass of people is trying to enter Europe and especially Germany, and the number of migrants arriving in Greece is steadily increasing”, the Prime Minister’s Chief Advisor on Homeland Security said on Hungarian M1 television’s Sunday evening current affairs program.
At his press conference held after the two-day summit of the European Council in Brussels, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that European Union heads of state and government have declared that the external borders of Europe must be protected, the mass movement of migrants must be halted, and everyone must fully observe the terms of the Schengen Agreement.
Hungary has agreed with Iran on the further development of nuclear cooperation, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at his press conference held in Budapest on Friday.
Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács takes the view that Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi politically blackmailed Hungary and the V4 when, according to news reports, he said the EU would cut EU funds should the four countries refuse to accept the EU proposal on the settlement quotas.