“A government can only be successful if it bases its standpoint on the opinion of the people”, Minister of State for Government Communication Bence Tuzson said with relation to the national consultation on M1 Hungarian television’s Tuesday morning current affairs program.

“There are a few topics that will determine Hungary’s future in the upcoming period, such as for instance immigration and the reduction in public utility charges”, he said.

With relations to immigration, Mr. Tuzson spoke about the fact that pressure is increasing, but some European politicians are not budging from their standpoints, meaning they are still saying that the migrants must be allowed in and that those already in Europe must be distributed among the EU’s member states.

On the subject of the reduction in public utility charges, the Minister of State said that the people of Hungary can only be protected if energy prices are determined in Hungary. “Brussels wants to take over the role of energy pricing”, he said.

Mr. Tuzson also stated that the Government would also like to ask people’s opinions about with relation to the activities of “paid activist organisations”. “It must be made transparent in whose interests they are involving themselves in politics”, he explained.

The Minister of State also appeared on Kossuth Radio’s “180 Minutes” program, where he said that people would be receiving their questionnaires this week, and will be able to return them by post free of charge by 20 May. “We are counting on everyone’s opinion”, he emphasised.

(MTI)