As the Minister for National Economy pointed out, in the drafting of the 2018 Budget they were aiming to earmark more funding for each sector than in 2017. In an interview for political daily Magyar Idők, Mihály Varga also said that upcoming parliamentary elections would not influence the drafting of the budget.
The Government of Hungary acknowledges the resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly which initiates the reviewing by the Venice Commission of the law on the amendment of the national higher education legislation and the bill on the transparency of organisations funded from abroad.
The number of people employed in the private sector increased year-on-year by 121 thousand in Hungary, as data from Q1 2017 show. Compared to the first quarter of 2010, the number of people in employment soared by 690 thousand, with the bulk of growth registered in the private sector (with an increase of 475 thousand). The unemployment rate is also at a favourable level, 4.5 percent.
During his four-day visit to Washington D.C., Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács met with Members of Congress and reporters, as well as visiting think-tanks, background institutions and the Congressional Research Service.
Bertalan Havasi, the head of the Press Office of the Prime Minister, has informed kormany.hu that on Thursday evening Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had a telephone conversation with Turkish head of state Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
“The European Union may be wealthy, but it is incapable of protecting its external borders”, Minister of Defence István Simicskó said on Hungarian M1 television’s Thursday evening current affairs program.
The most important outcome of the Wednesday debate in Brussels is that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the Government defended the country’s interests, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said at the press conference Governmentinfo 86.
“The European Union must work on being able to guarantee the security of its citizens”, Minister of Defence István Smicskó said on Thursday on Kossuth Radio.
The delegation headed by the Deputy State Secretary for Priority Social Affairs at the Prime Minister’s Office had talks with Joanna Wronecka, Deputy State Secretary of the Polish Foreign Ministry in Warsaw.
“The Government of Hungary and the Ministry of Interior are using all possible means to counter extremism”, Minister of interior Sándor Pintér declared on Thursday in Budapest prior to presenting Righteous Among the Nations awards and Badges of Honour for Valour in recognition of the saving of Jews during the Holocaust.