The Hungarian government and authorities have a list regarding organisations which promote illegal immigration, present the influx of migrants as a positive development and provide legal assistance with the process, Antal Rogán, the Minister heading the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister said in an interview he gave on Kossuth Rádió’s programme Sunday News (Vasárnapi Újság).
On Kossuth Radio’s “180 Minutes” programme, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated that “The Hungarian government’s migration policy remains unchanged: Hungary will not take in immigrants and will not resettle anyone in the country”.
The increase of wages in real terms by more than 10 percent means that people who earned their living from work had extra income, on average, worth more than one month of wage last year, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said.
The ESA deficit of the general government budget has turned out to be lower than the initially expected 2.4 percent. The deficit is seen to be some 2 percent for the year 2017, while the ratio of general government debt continued to decrease, by 1.5 percentage points, Minister of State for Public Finances Péter Benő Banai said at a recent press conference in Budapest, commenting on the latest fiscal data of the year 2017 released by the Ministry for National Economy.
According to the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister’s Parliamentary State Secretary, Csaba Dömötör, the Government is well aware of Jobbik’s standpoint even without a separate debate: The opposition party’s Chairman, Gábor Vona, would now be prepared to “give free rein to immigration”.
Parliament may decide in February on another legislative package aimed at countering illegal immigration which is necessary in the interest of enhancing the country’s security, János Lázár stated at the press conference Governmentinfo 107.
Instead of German-French cooperation, which was regarded as Europe1’s leading strength for many years, economic relation between the countries of the Visegrád Group and Germany are increasingly determining the development of the continent”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at a press conference to announce a new investment by medical technology company B. Braun Medical Hungary Limited.
“The Hungarian Government is ready to engage in consultation and to come to an agreement with relation to the Ukrainian Education Act, but only if the contents of such an agreement are in line with the interests and will of Transcarpathian Hungarians”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday in Budapest.
The Government has made public the STOP SOROS legislative package and will be submitting it for public consultation today. The aim of the bill is to enforce the will of the overwhelming majority of the Hungarian people and to ensure tough action against those who organise and finance illegal immigration.
Last year was a year of success in the Government’s development policy, the Government published calls for proposals for the entire development allocation, and according to plans EU grants will be awarded by spring this year, Nándor Csepreghy, Minister of State at the Prime Minister’s Office said at a press conference.