On Tuesday, in response to a statement by President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister told public television channel M1 that it is not solidarity but security that is of utmost importance.
On Monday, Csaba Dömötör, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister told public television channel M1 that in his view the political Left still represents a pro-immigration position.
Parliamentary State Secretary at the Ministry of Justice Pál Völner said in an interview appearing in the latest edition of Hungarian daily Magyar Idők on Monday 8 August 2016 that if the referendum on relocation quotas is valid, and “no” votes win, the law will prevent the European Union from forcing Hungary to admit persons that the country does not want to accept. “The act will be effective for at least three years”, he explained.
The Ministry for National Economy expects stagnating industrial output growth to be transitory, as both order volume and industrial confidence indices are pointing to further expansion, Minister of State for Economic Development and Regulation István Lepsényi said, commenting on the latest industrial output data released by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) last Friday.
The favourable fiscal trend observed in recent months has continued: the deficit registered at the end of July 2016 was the lowest figure in fifteen years, as the accumulated deficit of the central sub sector of the state budget totalled HUF 464.8bn.
On Sunday, György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister told public broadcaster Kossuth Rádió that mass migration is organised, aggressive and illegal.
On Saturday evening György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister told public television channel M1 that as long as Europe does not conduct border controls, neither the planned changes, nor the planned mechanism of distributing migrants will solve the problems in the field in internal security.
On Thursday, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Ministry of Human Capacities Bence Rétvári told public television channel M1 that unaccompanied minors are being transported from the Fót children’s home to Western Europe by people smugglers in an organised manner.
164 illegal border crossers were apprehended on the territory of Hungary between Friday and Sunday, according to a statement by the National Police Headquarters.
It is clearly demonstrable and can be stated as a fact that there is a connection between immigration and terrorism, the Minister of State of the Ministry of Interior said at his press conference.