Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó called the Sargentini Report “a collection of qualified lies” at a press conference in Budapest on Monday.
EU finance ministers discussed, among other topics, the European Commission’s proposals regarding the EU budget of 2021-2027 and the economic impact of digital currencies, Minister of Finance Mihály Varga said. At the informal ECOFIN session in Vienna the plans for the EU-wide taxation of digital enterprises were also discussed, he added.
A balanced and stable euro-zone continues to be important for Hungary, Minister of Finance Mihály Varga said, following an ECOFIN meeting in Vienna.
The Prime Minister’s Press Chief Bertalan Havasi has informed the media that Viktor Orbán has sent a letter to Hungary’s Jewish leaders in celebration of the Jewish New Year.
“The pro-immigration majority is launching a final, desperate attack against Hungary”, Minister heading the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister Antal Rogán said prior to the 18th annual Civil Picnic in Kötcse, near Lake Balaton.
“The poultry sector has suffered and survived many crises, but it may be facing difficulties again as EU agricultural subsidies are expected to decrease from 2021, making preparations necessary in this respect”, Minister of State Sándor Farkas from the Ministry of Agriculture said at the Goose Breeders’ Conference held at the 20th Kiskunfélegyháza Goose Festival.
“The production value of the Hungarian automotive industry increased by six percent during the first half of 2018 compared to the similar period last year”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at the inauguration of Qualitative Production (QP) Plc’s new six thousand square metre production hall in Győr on Friday afternoon.
“The President of France and the European Commission President are pro-immigration politicians, and they are criticising and attacking Hungary for not having allowed entry to the immigrants and for protecting its borders”, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade told public media on Friday.
“The House of Fates will open its gates next year, on the 75th anniversary of the Holocaust”, Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office Gergely Gulyás announced.
Thanks to the Government’s economic policy measures, fiscal revenues continued to rise in the first eight months of the year while expenditures related to various projects of social purposes have also increased. The ESA deficit target of 2.4 percent of GDP and the GDP growth target of above 4 percent for the year 2018 are realistic and attainable.