On Wednesday, following talks with President of Russia Vladimir Putin at his residence in Novo- Ogaryovo near Moscow, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that it is in Hungary’s interest to see a normalisation of European-Russian relations.
At a press conference following a special summit of Visegrád Four (V4) prime ministers in Prague, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that the policy the European Union has so far pursued in handling the migration crisis has failed, the external Schengen borders could not be protected, and therefore a new, second line of defence is needed.
In Parliament on Monday Prime Minister Viktor Orbán highlighted halting the decline in the Hungarian population as one of the most important tasks for the future. Mr. Orbán also stated that teachers are asking for an 18% pay increase, which is currently impossible.
“Action against the compulsory resettlement quota should be a national issue”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in Parliament.
Statement from the Head of the Prime Minister’s Press Office.
At a joint press conference on Thursday with the city’s Mayor of Miskolc Ákos Kriza (Fidesz-KDNP), and following a review of the county capital’s recent development projects, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “Miskolc is no longer a city of unemployment, but a city of enterprises seeking new workers”.
On Thursday, at invitation of Bishop of Miskolc Eparchy Atanáz Orosz, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visited the seat of the Eparchy.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that while we are facing a threat from Brussels of “forced resettlement quotas”, the threat from the South is a significant increase in migration pressure this year.
As part of the Government’s Modern Cities Programme, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Mayor of Kecskemét Klaudia Szemereyné Pataki have signed an agreement, according to which the Government will provide Kecskemét with HUF 25 billion for the establishment of an economic development fund which will provide loans to viable commercial enterprises.
Polish-Hungarian bilateral relations represent a historic alliance, said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who, following bilateral negotiations on Monday, assured Prime Minister of Poland Beata Szydło that her country can count on Hungary’s solidarity in relation to any double standards being applied to it.