According to the parliamentary and strategic state secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office, Fidesz won the People’s Party battle, and a good compromise was reached which helps the European People’s Party (EPP).
Hungary too has a vested interest in a settled, soft Brexit – the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union, the Deputy State Secretary for coordinating EU affairs at the Prime Minister’s Office stated on Wednesday in Budapest.
The humanitarian and development project launched 2 years ago by the Hungarian Ecumenical Aid Organization with the support of the Hungarian Government has entered a new phase.
The Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office and Vice-President of Fidesz has told MTI that Fidesz will only be able to stay in the European People's Party if on Wednesday not only is it not expelled from the party grouping, but also if its membership is not suspended. Gergely Gulyás added that Fidesz could not accept the suspension of its membership, and in the event of such a decision would leave the People's Party with immediate effect.
The issue of migration continues to influence the policy and operation of the European Union, the debate continues to focus on immigration, Szabolcs Takács, Minister of State for EU Affairs at the Prime Minister’s Office stated on Tuesday in Brussels.
From today Hungarian citizens and business actors have access to detailed information on the departure of the United Kingdom from the EU also on the government’s EU website, Pál Péter Schmitt, Deputy State Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office announced. While it has not yet been decided whether there will be a Brexit agreement, the rights of Hungarians living in Britain will not be curtailed, he added.
On Monday Gergely Gulyás, Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office, told Hungarian news agency MTI that Fidesz wants a strong, united Christian democratic European People’s Party (EPP) which rejects immigration. He said that Fidesz wants to remain a member of the party family for as long as possible, and also stressed that Fidesz has always avoided personal attacks on other members of the party family it belongs to.
“Protecting the rights of Hungarians living in Great Britain is paramount”, Minister of State for the Development and Coordination of EU Policies Szabolcs Takács from the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI from London with relation to Brexit.
“Assistance should not be provided to enable Syrians to reach Europe, but instead they should be given assistance through enabling them to remain in place and return home”, declared State Secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians Tristan Azbej from the Prime Minister’s Office.
The Hungarian people can never give up being treated as equal partners around the world, Judit Varga, Minister of State for EU Relations at the Prime Minister’s Office underlined in her commemorative speech which she delivered in Szabadka (Subotica – Vojvodina, Serbia) on Friday.