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The Constitution needs to be amended because of migration and EU federalisation aspirations

Ministry of Justice, June 5, 2018 4:57 PM

According to Minister of Justice László Trócsányi, global migration processes, the federalisation aspirations gaining headway within the European Union and challenges that are threatening individual privacy require the Fundamental Law (Constitution) to specify more clearly certain organisational and legal frameworks of the Hungarian state.

Cooperation with Germany must be continuously expanded

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 5, 2018 3:27 PM

“Germany is Hungary’s strategic ally and friend, which whom cooperation must be continuously expanded and dialogue must be maintained”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in Berlin following a meeting with the German Foreign Minister.

Hungary continues to say no to joining European Public Prosecutor’s Office

Ministry of Justice, June 5, 2018 11:10 AM

Hungary maintains it has no intention of taking part in the enhanced cooperation for the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, and a possible review of this position is not on the agenda, Justice Minister László Trócsányi told the Hungarian news agency MTI on Monday after the Luxembourg meeting of the home and justice ministers of EU Member States.

Migration shouldn’t be managed, it should be stopped

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 5, 2018 10:10 AM

“Migration shouldn’t be managed, it should be stopped; we should not be making a major effort to make illegal migration legal, but to ensure that people can live in peaceful conditions in their own homelands”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at the intergovernmental negotiations on the UN Global Compact for Migration on Monday in New York.

Africa is the beneficiary of the UN migration package

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 4, 2018 4:35 PM

“In its current form, the Global Compact for Migration is an African migration package, the beneficiary of which is Africa, and as a result of which the population of Europe could change radically in the upcoming period” Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Monday in New York.

Viktor Orbán receives EU’s chief Brexit negotiator

The Prime Minister, June 4, 2018 4:31 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the European Commission’s Chief Negotiator on Brexit Michel Barnier met for talks in the Hungarian Parliament Building on Monday afternoon; the parties agreed that the unity of the European Union has been successfully preserved during the course of negotiations on the exit of Great Britain, Deputy State Secretary heading the Press Office of the Prime Minister, Bertalan Havasi informed Hungarian news agency MTI.

Gratitude for manifold support provided for Jewish communities

Government, June 4, 2018 11:30 AM

On Friday in the Parliament Building Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén and Minister of State for Church Relations at the Prime Minister’s Office Miklós Soltész received Robert Singer, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President of the World Jewish Congress, who is currently in Budapest, Bertalan Havasi, Deputy State Secretary heading the Press Office of the Prime Minister informed the Hungarian news agency MTI.

2015 migration wave may reoccur at any time

Government, June 4, 2018 11:26 AM

The 2015 migration wave may reoccur at any time. The EU has not revised its migration policy since, and it is therefore up to the nation states to protect themselves, György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister said on Saturday evening on the public service television news channel M1.

Hungary must be protected from illegal migration

Prime Minister’s Office, June 4, 2018 11:21 AM

Hungary must be protected from illegal migration; this is why we need the amendment of the Constitution and the “Stop Soros” legislative package, Gergely Gulyás, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said on Kossuth Radio’s programme Sunday Paper (Vasárnapi Újság).

Struggle on a European scale between values and cultures

The Prime Minister, June 4, 2018 11:15 AM

The next elections in the European Parliament to be held in 2019 will be a struggle between values and cultures, and we stand to lose a great deal, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the 17th Kötcse meeting according to the information of his press chief Bertalan Havasi.