According to Tamás Deutsch, the article by George Soros published on Thursday represents an open declaration of war on Hungary’s democratically elected Prime Minister and Government, and makes it clear that he is prepared to take any and all antidemocratic steps within his power to ensure the defeat of the Cabinet.
“The major cases of corruption indicated to Hungary by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) concern the previous, liberal and left-wing governments”, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács said on Hungarian M1 television’s Thursday evening current affairs program.
The Hungarian Government conducted a dialogue with some 1.7 million people, this is how many people were successfully involved in the process of governance, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said in evaluation of the recently closed national consultation at the press conference Governmentinfo 90 which he held jointly with Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács. Mr Lázár also refuted in the name of every Hungarian the statement made by Hungarian-born American businessman György Soros in Brussels on Thursday because in his view it is unfair on Hungary, and seriously distorts the truth.
In mid-May, at the first meeting of the Leaders’ Roundtable Summit in Beijing, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated that the concept of the workfare society makes the Central European countries – including Hungary – ideal pillars for the implementation of the One Belt, One Road initiative. The full transcript of the Prime Minister’s speech was published on Thursday in the newspaper Magyar Krónika.
We can only be successful globally if our industrial policy, regulatory system and economic programmes are all focused on creating a competitive industrial sector, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at the signing ceremony for the conclusion of the agreement on the „Smart City” and automotive test track projects of Zalaegerszeg.
“An outstanding 63 billion forints worth of environmental protection and conservation development projects are being realised in Hungary during the 2014-2020 period”, Minister of Agriculture Sándor Fazekas said on Saturday in Tiszaderzse.
“The two most important tasks of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are the eradication of poverty and famine, a prerequisite of which is to make economic and natural resources available to everyone”, Minister of Agriculture Sándor Fazekas stressed on Monday in Budapest at an informal regional meeting of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
The National Assembly adopted a law that tightens investor protection regulations. Under the new law, financial services providers are obliged to inform customers who are about to make an investment in more detail about potential risks.
1 million 680 thousand people voiced their opinions according to the Wednesday count”, Parliamentary State Secretary Csaba Dömötör from the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister announced on the final day of the National Consultation.
“The favourable trends are continuing following the record performance of Hungarian exports last year, in view of which there is a realistic chance that exports will increase to 100 billion euros this year”, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Foreign Trade Department Rita Szép-Tüske said on Wednesday in Budapest at the fifth in a series of conferences organised by Századvég Economic Research Cls. on the subject of export promotion.