At the meeting, Minister Trócsányi stressed that the goal of the draft legislation is to reinforce the rule of law and improve the professional quality of the public administration justice system.
According to Gergely Gulyás, due to the issue of migration there is a campaign against Hungary which has been open to compromise with the European Commission in every previous dispute. Migration is the only issue on which it is not prepared to compromise, and this has led to a “political smear campaign” against the country.
Hungary will not change its position that mass migration is a negative phenomenon which must be stopped at the external borders of the European Union despite any political pressure or the institution of any infringement procedure, Szabolcs Takács pointed out in Brussels.
Hungarian Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács rejected demands for Fidesz to be expelled from the European People’s Party (EPP) in Vienna on Monday. The Spokesperson, who was quoted by Austrian news agency APA, indicated: Fidesz is not worried that it could be expelled from the EPP.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade was shocked to learn of the major destruction caused by forest fires in the State of California in the United States, in which, according to the information currently available, at least 31 people have lost their lives and over 200 people are registered as missing, in addition to which thousands of buildings have been destroyed.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó and his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan concluded a security cooperation agreement in Abu Dhabi on Monday, in the spirit of the fight against terrorism.
“A war seems to be developing in world trade, and accordingly it would be in the clear economic interests of Europe to rebuild its cooperation with Eurasia, fundamentally meaning Russia”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in a telephone statement to Hungarian news agency MTI from Dubai, where he is attending the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Future Councils.
On 8 November 2018, Azbej Tristan, Minister of State for helping persecuted Christians and implementing the Hungary Helps Programme at the Prime Minister’s Office paid a visit to Copenhagen where he had talks with local politicians about freedom of religion and humanitarian issues.
The future of Hungary lies in Hungarian children, and supporting children and people raising children is a priority goal, Katalin Novák said on Kossuth Radio’s programme “Sunday Paper” (Vasárnapi újság).
According to the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, György Bakondi, the current situation and the expected situation in spring could both cause problems along the Balkan migration route.