Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács told Hungarian television channel M1 that in addition to workplace creation, the establishment of a family support scheme is the most important success of the Government.
At a press conference on Friday forming part of the Budapest conference of the Centrist Democrat International (CDI) – the organisation of centrist parties with links to Christian democracy – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that the CDI believes Christian culture to be a valuable asset, and it must therefore be preserved.
Spain and Portugal share views on the issue of the European Union’s budget that are similar to those of the V4. They agree that cohesion policy and the common agricultural policy should not fall victim to Brexit, the Minister of State for EU Affairs at the Prime Minister’s Office told the Hungarian news agency MTI in a telephone interview on Friday.
Michael Roth, the “German left-wing Minister of State, is wrong”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Friday.
Hungary calls on Ukraine to “suspend the implementation of the Education Act instead of conducting an international campaign of lies” until it comes to an agreement with Transcarpathian Hungarians on all of the details, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Friday in a telephone statement to Hungarian news agency MTI.
The Defence Ministers of the North Atlantic Alliance held their meeting in Brussels on 14–15 February. The Hungarian delegation from Budapest was headed by Deputy Minister of Defence Tamás Vargha. At the venue, Hungary’s ambassador to NATO Péter Sztáray joined the delegation.
Speaking at the annual assessment and tasking leadership conference, Minister of Defence István Simicskó pointed out that the Hungarian Defence Forces guarantee the security of Hungarian people and families. He stated that today Hungary is among the most secure countries.
“Strong member states and strong leaders are required to ensure that the European Union is successful and retains its identity”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and former Spanish Prime Minister José Maria Aznar agreed at a meeting in Budapest on Friday morning.
“Hungary supports Serbia’s EU accession in the strongest possible terms because it is in line with Hungarian interests from several perspectives”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Friday.
Balázs Molnár, Deputy State Secretary for EU Affairs at the Prime Minister’s Office hosted David Brozina, Director-General for EU Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia at a working lunch in Budapest on 15 February 2018.