There are sufficient places in the institutions that provide care for the homeless. The state provides 19,000 places in total, and will spend HUF 9.1 billion on helping the needy this year, Attila Fülöp said at a press conference.
It does not even deserve a comment as it is nothing other than personal revenge in light of the fact that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán did not support him when he ran for the office of President of the Commission four years ago, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács said in response to the fact that according to Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission Mr Orbán no longer has a place in the European People’s Party (EPP).
According to Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister György Bakondi, the liberal majority which dominates the European Commission and the European Parliament would like to start some irreversible processes before next year’s EP elections and to lay down their political objectives in legal acts.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s has said that a new era has begun in the life of Hungary. On Thursday evening, at the “Top200 Gala” organised by the Hungarian weekly Figyelő, the Prime Minister said that the Hungarian state is not neutral as far as values are concerned: it represents Christian values.
The over 12.4 billion forints (EUR 38 million) with which the Hungarian Government is funding BMW’s investment project in Debrecen will reap major dividends for Hungary”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Friday in Debrecen prior to signing the funding agreement with the German corporation’s representatives.
The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group have come to acknowledge the achievements of Hungary’s economic policy. The fact that the IMF has recently revised upward the country’s growth estimate reflects this recognition, Minister of Finance Mihály Varga said. The Minister represents Hungary as head of the Hungarian delegation at the Annual Meeting of the IMF and the World Bank Group in Bali, Indonesia.
“Hungarian politics is becoming increasingly understood and acknowledged in the United States”, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI from Washington on Thursday. Mr. Kovács also spoke about the letter criticising Hungary issued by Democratic Party legislators, which he views as part of the American election campaign.
In Pécs on Thursday Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that Hungarians must own up to not only their failures but also their successes, otherwise they will never become a great nation.
The Residency Bond Programme has resulted in major interest savings for the state.
Minister of Defence Dr. Tibor Benkő and Austrian Defence Minister Mario Kunasek met for a working lunch in Weiden am See in Burgenland on 8 October.