In a speech before daily business in Parliament on Monday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “The quota referendum on Sunday achieved its goal; Hungary has made its decision”.
In a parliamentary reply, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that Jobbik is displaying unpatriotic, unfair and dishonest behaviour, and that the party and its leader “are quite clearly rooting for Brussels” on an issue which is absolutely crucial for the country.
Head of the Prime Minister’s Press Office Bertalan Havasi has told kormany.hu that “On Monday afternoon Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received Ivica Dačić, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, in the Parliament Building”. Mr. Havasi added that “The main topics of the meeting were the migration crisis in Europe and Serbia’s EU accession”.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán described the result of Sunday’s quota referendum as “excellent”, because “we have surpassed the result of the referendum on joining the EU”. In a speech at the Fidesz-KDNP referendum results reception in Budapest, the Prime Minister announced that following the referendum he will be submitting a proposal to Parliament on a constitutional amendment, because the will of the people must be set down in the Fundamental Law.
According to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the most important question in Sunday’s quota referendum is whether there will be more “No” votes than “Yes” votes. If this is the case – meaning “No” wins – there will be legal consequences, regardless of the turnout, Mr. Orbán stated.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has visited the two police officers who were injured in last Saturday’s bomb explosion in Budapest. Mr. Orbán was accompanied by Minister of Interior Sandor Pintér.
“Sunday’s referendum will be crucial for both Hungary and the European Union”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated in the Saturday edition of the Hungarian daily Magyar Idők.
Head of the Prime Minister’s Press Office Bertalan Havasi told kormany.hu on Friday that “On the Jewish New Year, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has sent his written greetings to Hungary’s Jewish community”.
In an interview for TV2 television on Thursday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stressed that “If we get the immigration issue wrong, then not only will the Hungary of our day change, but also the Hungary of our children and grandchildren will be totally different than it would be without immigration”.
According to the Prime Minister, the validity or otherwise of the referendum on Sunday will primarily be important from an emotional perspective. In an interview with Catholic Radio which aired on Thursday evening, Viktor Orbán said that “People who don’t vote will be entrusting the decision to everyone else”.