The citizens of ever more nations have recognised the threats and problems inherent in illegal migration, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács said on Kossuth Radio’s programme 180 Minutes on Friday morning. Mr Kovács believes that this is also underlined by the results of the elections in Austria and Germany, and most recently in Italy.
Balázs Molnár, Deputy State Secretary for EU Affairs at the Prime Minister’s Office had talks with Zrinka Ujevic, Assistant Minister for European Affairs and Bilateral Relations on 7 March 2018 in Zagreb. At the meeting the parties reviewed the challenges caused by migration, their proposals regarding the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), the most important social and employment policy issues on the agenda of the European Union, Brexit and the status of Western Balkans enlargement.
On 8 March 2018 Szabolcs Takács, Minister of State for EU Affairs at the Prime Minister’s Office had talks with Stephan Holthoff-Pförtner, Minister for Federal, European and International Affairs of North Rhine-Westphalia.
In the second quarter of the year HUF 12,000 will be credited onto the accounts of households heating with gas or using district heating, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said at the press conference Governmentinfo 111 which he held jointly with Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó held talks with President of the Transcarpathian Hungarian Cultural Association (KMKSZ) László Brenzovics in Budapest on Thursday; according to the Minister, the Ukrainian authorities must guarantee the security of Transcarpathian Hungarians.
“There are some who believe that obstacles are there to be overcome, who say let me play the lion too. The ideal of the Olympics is about them, about you. Faster, higher, stronger! Victory and success are never granted to us Hungarians for free. It requires faith, courage and determination. This is the Hungarian do and dare which, thanks to you, the whole world has had the privilege to reacquaint themselves with”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Thursday in the Parliament Building, when in the company of President of the Republic János Áder and Speaker of Parliament László Kövér he presented decorations to the Hungarian athletes who won medals and were awarded points at the 23rd Winter Olympic Games.
The European Commission’s country report released on Wednesday is a political and campaign report. Its main characteristic is that it only contains negative comments, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács stated at a press conference held in Brussels on Wednesday.
The European Court’s Tuesday decision means that Brussels chose to side with foreign land speculators once again, the Minister of Agriculture stated on Tuesday in Jászberény where he attended a farmers’ forum.
In an interview published on Wednesday in Józsefváros, the local council newspaper in Budapest’s District VIII, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that what is directly at stake in next month’s general election is whether or not Hungary will remain a Hungarian country.
“The Brussels country report on Hungary is yet another campaign report; Brussels is interfering in the Hungarian election campaign and is using the report to help the opposition”, Minister of State for Government Communication Bence Tuzson said at a press conference in Budapest on Wednesday.