In Prague on Thursday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó held talks with the Serbian Minister for EU Integration Jadranka Joksimović.
In Prague on Thursday, the Czech, Hungarian and Slovak foreign ministers stated that, in terms of energy security, joining the Southern Gas Corridor is in the fundamental interest of the Central European region. Due to the formation of a new government, the Polish foreign minister could not attend the meeting.
On Thursday, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács told public television channel M1 that the measure of solidarity is not acceptance of the quota system planned by the EU, but participation in protection of the EU’s borders.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview with Nyíregyháza Television that we need national industry and national industrial corporations because without their success, there is no Hungarian success.
The Czech, Hungarian and Slovak Foreign Ministers met in the Czech capital as part of the international political forum Prague European Summit and agreed that the four Visegrád countries will urge the acceleration of the integration of the Western Balkans countries into the European Union.
Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár stressed at the press conference entitled “Government info 30” that the Hungarian Government does not intend to take action against migrants, but merely seeks to help and support Hungarian society.
In his evaluation of the Valetta EU summit, the Prime Minister told public service television news channel M1 that a once proud Europe “is begging for security”, instead of protecting its borders with its own strength. Viktor Orbán also reiterated that Hungary must reject the importation of a million migrants from Turkey.
In the third quarter of 2015, the Hungarian economy expanded by 2.3 percent year-on-year and by 0.5 percent month-on-month. GDP growth averaged 2.8 percent in the initial three quarters of 2015. Growth that was lower than in prior quarters stemmed from weaker agricultural sector output due to a dry summer. Excluding that factor, analysts of the Ministry for National Economy estimate that GDP growth would have reached some 3 percent.
Translation of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s interview with Swiss weekly Weltwoche "Ein Wort von Merkel – und die Flut ist gestoppt" published on 12 November.
If necessary, the Government is ready and able to erect a technical border fence within a short time on the Hungarian-Romanian border as well, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office confirmed at the press conference “Governmentinfo 30” which he held jointly with Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács.