Prior to the referendum, the Government launched an information campaign in the interests of informing every Hungarian citizen about the referendum and the most important risks associated with mandatory relocation.
In Budapest early on Thursday morning, after the Counter-Terrorism Centre (TEK) held an exercise at Ferenc Puskás Stadium metro station, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “We must be at least as tough as the terrorists”.
Speaking in Budapest on Thursday, 6 October – the memorial day of the martyrs of Arad –, Minister of Defence István Simicskó emphasized that there are events in Hungarian history that united the nation, and one of these was the 1848/49 Revolution and War of Independence, which welded our nation together even more.
“On Friday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will be holding a meeting with Robert Fico, the Prime Minister of Slovakia, which currently holds the Presidency of the European Union”, Head of the Prime Minister’s Press Office Bertalan Havasi told kormany.hu.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has sent an official letter to President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, informing him of the result of the 2 October quota referendum.
Head of the Prime Minister’s Press Office Bertalan Havasi told Hungarian news agency MTI on Wednesday that “In the interests of the successful amendment of the Fundamental Law, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the President of Fidesz, is ready to hold discussions with the presidents of all political parties that have parliamentary groups”.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture István Nagy held a meeting with the Russian Federation’s First Deputy Minister of Agriculture Evgeny Gromyko on Tuesday in Tula. During his two-day visit to Russia, Mr. Nagy took part in the inauguration ceremony of a new Hungarian feed premix plant and attended the opening of the “Golden Autumn” agriculture expo.
“At its session on Wednesday, the Cabinet discussed the constitutional amendment that will protect the country’s national and constitutional identity, the final version of which will be put before the National Assembly on Monday”, the Minister of Justice said at his press conference on 5 October 2016.
“Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will be taking part in an event commemorating the 1956 Hungarian Revolution in Bavaria on 17 October”, head of the Prime Minister’s Press Office Bertalan Havasi informed Hungarian news agency MTI on Wednesday, confirming German news reports.
“The opinion of 3.3 million Hungarians is important to us”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Wednesday in reaction to the fact that Sweden’s Minister of Justice threatened that his country would go to court if Hungary does not readmit asylum seekers.