Following Vojvodina and Subcarpathia, the Hungarian Government is also extending its economic development programmes aimed at strengthening Hungarian communities to Transylvania. The launching of the first model programme with a budget of one billion forints (EUR 3.2M) was announced in Marosávásárhely (Târgu Mureș) on Friday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Minister of State for Economic Diplomacy, Levente Magyar.
Speaking at the central ceremony of the Ministry of Defence on the occasion of the Hungarian Defence Forces’ Day, Minister of Defence István Simicskó emphasized that the greatest challenge in the 21st century is the protection of the homeland, Hungary, the survival of the nation.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán described the resolution adopted by the European Parliament against Hungary on Wednesday as proof of a misguided policy, saying that in fact it is a “Soros report”.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “Our economic policy based on wage increases and low taxes must be defended in next year’s election, and if this is successful then the Hungarian economy’s rate of growth could reach 5 per cent in around 2020”.
The Government has been consciously organising and enforcing the policy of Hungarian sovereignty and independence in an alliance, in the European Union ever since 2010, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said on Friday in the Parliament Building.
“There can be no doubt that Europe is facing major historic challenges, and these challenges have made certain countries and institutions lose their common sense”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian news agency MTI in a telephone statement from Cyprus, where he is attending a session of the Council of Europe’s Ministerial Committee.
“Although pressure is increasing continuously, Hungary does not wish to change its immigration policy”, Minister of Interior Sándor Pintér said at a meeting of the European Commission’s Justice and Home Affairs Council in Brussels on Thursday; the Ministry informed Hungarian news agency MTI about the Minister’s speech in a statement on Friday morning.
On 18 May 2017, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Deputy State Secretary for European and American Relations Kristóf Altusz held talks with his counterpart at the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy State Secretary for European Affairs and Bilateral Relations Zrinka Ujević, and with Assistant Minister Gordan Bakota.
On Thursday evening, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács told Hungarian television channel M1 that the Government of Hungary is not willing to give up any further elements of national sovereignty.
The next few years will probably be about whether Hungary will be able to preserve the independence it has gained since its accession to the EU, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said at the press conference Governmentinfo 88 which he held jointly with Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács.