In an interview for news portal szegedma.hu published on Tuesday, the Prime Minister declared that “Szeged has several competitive advantages, which if exploited could make it a regional centre; but close cooperation with the Government is also necessary, because these days it is impossible to realise major investments in Hungary without government support”.
At the Szeged stop of the Modern Cities Programme, where he held a joint press conference with Mayor László Botka, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “Szeged has all the capabilities needed to become an outstanding regional centre”.
Bertalan Havasi, Head of the Press Office of the Prime Minister, has informed kormany.hu that, in the EPP’s Brussels headquarters on Thursday afternoon, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and EPP President Joseph Daul held talks on next week’s Malta EU summit and the most important challenges which Europe is currently facing.
[http://hungarianreview.com/article/20170124_hungary_and_the_crisis_of_europe/]In an English language article published in The Hungarian Review on 24 January[/], and which was also featured in the American conservative magazine The National Review, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán states the following: “Judging from population, natural resources, and human capital, the European Union should be the leading power of the world. For the moment, however, its stagnation obstructs its potential leadership”.
In a speech at an event in Brussels on Thursday organised by the Antall József Knowledge Centre and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that in Brussels things are going badly – and even the direction is wrong. But despite this, he said, there is the possibility of reform and to “make Europe great again”.
Bertalan Havasi, Head of the Press Office of the Prime Minister, has informed kormany.hu that in the Parliament building on Tuesday Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with Vasas FC Chairman László Markovits.
At the Lámfalussy Conference organised by the National Bank of Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated Europe must abandon “the illusion of federalism”, and the continent must be made multipolar.
Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni expressed his condolences on the phone to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the whole of Hungary on account of the coach accident in Italy last night in which 16 people lost their lives, Havasi Bertalan, the head of the Press Office of the Prime Minister informed kormany.hu on Saturday.
At the initiative of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the Government has declared a national day of mourning for Monday in memory of the victims who died in the coach accident in Italy, Bertalan Havasi, the head of the Press Office of the Prime Minister told kormany.hu on Saturday afternoon.
Losing young lives, our children, is always the hardest blow for every family, community and nation.