“Agriculture was the driving force of Hungarian economic growth in 2016, Hungarian exports have been performing outstandingly for years now”, the Ministry of Agriculture’s Minister of State for Agricultural Economy György Czerván said on Hungarian M1 television’s Tuesday evening current affairs program.
“The results of tests on 100 products to examine the quality of similar foods distributed in Hungary, Austria and several Western European countries are expected next week”, the Ministry of Agriculture’s Minister of State for Food Chain Supervision Róbert Zsigó said before Parliament’s Economic Committee on Monday.
A series of events was held between 27 February and 2 March 2017 with the involvement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Hungarian Embassies in Podgorica and Skopje to promote the scholarship programmes offered by the Hungarian Government.
“The regular criticism of Hungarian democracy that occurred during the previous administration has to all intents and purposes ceased since President Donald Trump took office”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in an interview for the Associated Press.
Although the United Kingdom has not launched the so-called Article 50 procedure resulting from the BREXIT referendum of 23 June 2016, the start of the process is imminent. In such an unprecedented situation the Hungarian Government is intent on making an active contribution to demonstrate its commitment to a successful European Union.
“Hungary will do everything in its power to ensure that the post-2020 European Union has a suitably financed and strong Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). This will require close cooperation between member States”, Minister of Agriculture Sándor Fazekas said following the latest meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels.
“Without cooperation and solidarity between the Member States of the European Union, crises that appear at a global level cannot be handled”, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture said at a meeting of Visegrád Group agriculture ministers.
Officials from the Ministry of Agriculture spoke about the courage and heroism of our ancestors 169 years ago and about the strength that lies in solidarity and a ceremony to commemorate the 1848-49 Revolution and War of Independence.
In January 2017, the volume of retail sales rose by 4.8 percent year-on-year, which shows that a 43-month growth trend has remained in place. Sales growth exceeded the EU average. The growth in disposable income was higher than that of retail sales, which signals a robust savings trend and the potential for further consumption growth.
Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief, has informed kormany.hu that, two days before the extraordinary EU summit being held in Rome, Prime Minister and President of Fidesz Viktor Orbán met Pier Ferdinando Casini, Honorary President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and Chairman of the Italian Senate’s Foreign Policy Commission. The meeting was to discuss the future of the European Union and the most important challenges the continent is facing.