“2017’s four percent economic growth was achieved thanks to the performance of the Hungarian people”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Tuesday in Nagyvázsony at the official inauguration of Novus Interior Hungary Ltd.’s new production hall.
Tolerance towards others, other cultures and other religions can only extend so far as it allows us to preserve ourselves, our communities, our culture and our way of life, János Lázár said at a conference held on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of the Diet of Torda of 1568 pronouncing religious freedom.
“Hungarians still have to fight for their freedom, for solidarity and for security today. Today, the message of 15 March is still that the Hungarians want to decide on their own future, about everything that determines the fate of their children and grandchildren”, Deputy Interior Minister and Parliamentary State Secretary Károly Kontrát said in his speech at the Ministry of Interior’s commemoration to mark our national holiday.
“Hungary will only support a joint EU standpoint which states that migration is a dangerous process that must be stopped”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Hungarian M1 television’s Wednesday morning current affairs program.
Deputy State Secretary for EU Affairs Balázs Molnár had talks with Director General for EU Affairs Ioannis Metaxas on 9 March 2018 in Athens. During the meeting the parties discussed the most important issues on the agenda of the European Union, the Posted Workers Directive and the Mobility Pack, migration, the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), cohesion policy and the European pillar of social rights.
The introduction of the mandatory quotas prescribing the resettlement of migrants would affect most Hungarian cities and settlements, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister said at a press conference.
In an interview for Nyíregyhaza television on Monday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán cited two dangers that Hungary is facing: migration, and the loss of the results we have achieved in recent years. “We and I will go to battle with anyone to protect Hungary”, he declared.
“Hungary’s intent to work in closer cooperation with Austria and Italy on asylum policy”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Reuters on Monday.
According to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, in contrast with the UN, Hungary believes that migration is bad and can be stopped.
“More than anything else, the Hungarians can be proud of the fact that they are free”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Monday in New York.