“The development of economic cooperation between Hungary and Brazil is on the threshold of a great opportunity”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at a Brazil-Hungary business forum in Sao Paulo on Tuesday.
Migrant quotas are on the agenda again, posing a threat to Member States and European cities, the Government Spokesperson said at a press conference held on Tuesday in Budapest. István Hollik stated that the Hungarian government’s position remains unchanged: repatriation quotas are acceptable, but mandatory resettlement quotas are out of the question.
“The Hungarian economy is on a stable footing. While in 2011 state debt exceeded 80 percent of GDP, according to the latest data it is now under the psychological margin of 70 percent, hitting 68.2 percent at the end of June, and the GDP growth for the second quarter of 2019 reached 5.2 percent, placing Hungary second in the EU rankings” , the Ministry of Finance’s Parliamentary State Secretary András Tállai said at a press conference on Tuesday in Budapest.
If the people of Miskolc want developments and investments, if they want to implement the plans that already exist, “then we should cooperate” and “Miskolc should try to remain on the winning side,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on the programme of the local television ‘Miskolc Diary’ at the Borsod county seat on Tuesday.
The latest data regarding state finances shows that the situation of the budget is stable, and so the 1.8 per cent to GDP deficit target set for the whole of 2019 according to EU methodology continues to remain attainable. Processes in the real economy, in particular, the GDP growth above 5 per cent in the first two quarters, the rise in wages and the fact that in the summer months unemployment fell to 3.4 per cent, guarantee the balance of the central budget.
The government regards the aviation industry as a priority sector so that Hungary should become a winner not only of the automotive industry and the road transportation industry, but equally of the aviation industry, the Minister for Innovation and Technology stated on Monday at the inauguration of the composite factory of aircraft manufacturer Magnus Aircraft Zrt. The factory with a ground space of more than 5,000 square metres is located at the Pécs-Pogány airport.
On the occasion of the council meeting, justice ministers conducted an exchange regarding anti-corruption measures. According to the majority of Member States, it is worth looking into the legitimacy of an EU strategy or action plan. They took the view that it would significantly contribute to the international role of the EU in the fight against corruption if they were a full member of GRECO.
“Through creating an opportunity for the two-way transportation of natural gas between Hungary and Romania, the security of the country’s natural gas supply is further improving”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Monday at the inauguration of FGSZ Co. Ltd.’s new compressor station in Csanádpalota.
According to Péter Szijjártó, it would be useful to both Romania and Hungary if they were to forge closer relations, and Central Europe would also become stronger as a result. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade spoke about this in Arad, Romania, at a joint press conference with President of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (RMDSZ) Hunor Kelemen on Monday morning.
The “awkward, stumbling” Left is incapable of and unsuitable for resisting plans seeking to enhance immigration, Csaba Dömötör, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister said on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Sunday Paper’.