Reaction to a statement of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic Boris Kollár agreed on the issues of V4 cooperation, the representation of national interests, family policy and illegal immigration at their talks held in Budapest on Tuesday, Bertalan Havasi, the head of the Press Office of the Prime Minister informed the Hungarian news agency MTI on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán consulted with President of the European Council Charles Michel as part of a video conference, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief informed the Hungarian news agency MTI. The consultation was held in preparation for the EU summit due to be held on 17-18 July.
The latest international comparative report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has been published, examining the financial awareness of 26 countries, including Hungary.
“Swiss-based company Sensirion will be constructing a new Central and Eastern European production plant in Debrecen”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Parliamentary State Secretary Levente Magyar announced at a press conference in Budapest on Monday. Mr. Magyar said the instrument manufacturer will be producing state-of-the-art technology in the Hajdú region’s county capital.
On Monday, the Court of Justice of the European Union heard Hungary’s petition for annulment submitted against the Sargentini Report which was adopted with an unlawful vote count procedure. A judgment could be reached in the case that could serve as a precedent at the end of this year or at the beginning of next year, Justice Minister Judit Varga said on Tuesday on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Good morning, Hungary’.
“Libya’s stability is in Europe’s interests, to assure that illegal migration can be successfully curbed”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI from Rome, where he will be holding a meeting with his Italian counterpart, Foreign Minister Luigi di Maio.
“The government will not allow the results of the past ten years to be lost, and it is supporting job-creating enterprises because Hungary is made successful by the work of the Hungarian people”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Monday in Környe, where he presented a funding certificate to Transintertop Limited within the framework of the competitiveness-increasing program.
It is essential that members of the public in the largest possible numbers return to the government the questionnaires of the national consultation also due to the intensifying pressure of migration and the EU attacks on the Hungarian Constitution, the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister stated at a press conference held on Monday in Budapest.
With the development of a network of victim support centres, the government wishes to make these services readily available in every county within five years, the Justice Minister stated on Monday in Pécs.