On Tuesday Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian News Agency MTI that it is high time to finally deal with reality because European people must be protected.
In Geneva on 16 November 2015, Deputy Minister of State Kristóf Altusz attended an international conference aimed at setting up a high-level panel (Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace) for the prevention and management of water-related conflicts.
At a press conference in Budapest on Wednesday, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács announced the Government’s decision to set up a coordination committee under the auspices of the Centre for Counter-terrorism; the coordination committee’s task will be to improve work related to counter-terrorism and prevention.
On Tuesday, following talks with Palestinian Foreign Affairs Minister Riyad al-Malki on the territory of the Palestinian National Authority, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in reference to correlations between the tragic events in Paris and the EU’s migration policy that the reactions of EU leaders are astonishing and shocking.
Throughout the preparation of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant enlargement, the Government of Hungary respected all relevant and existing national, EU and international law.
On Tuesday in Brussels, Minister of State for EU Affairs at the Prime Minister’s Office Szabolcs Takács announced that according to the European Commission’s statement published a few weeks ago, there is no EU stance that questions the rule of law with regard to Hungary.
The modifications adopted earlier today will ease regulation and simplify processes for tax-paying enterprises and private persons alike, Minister of State and Government Commissioner András Tállai said, following the adoption of the package.
In an interview given to public service television news channel M1 on Monday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that the security of the Hungarian people is the Government’s top priority; “this is the path it has pursued” to date, and there is no need to change its way of thinking, he stated.
Szabolcs Takács, State Secretary for EU Affairs of the Prime Minister’s Office held talks in London regarding the reforms of the European Union required by the United Kingdom, and Hungarian-British EU cooperation in that context.
Legal action serving as a precedent may be launched if Parliament authorises the Government on Tuesday to make preparations for the lawsuit to be filed with the European Court of Justice against the mandatory quotas relating to the distribution of refugees, the Justice Minister said at his press conference.