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János Lázár believes infrastructure development programme should be launched
Prime Minister’s Office, October 1, 2015 2:45 PM
János Lázár takes the view that a national infrastructure development programme should be launched. He spoke about this at Portfolio’s business conference held on Thursday.
Szabolcs Takács receives U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Robert Berschinski
Prime Minister’s Office, October 1, 2015 12:03 PM
Minister of State for European Union Affairs and Chair of the International Holocaust Remembrance Association (IHRA) Szabolcs Takács received the U.S. State Department’s Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Robert Berschinski in his office on Wednesday.
Visegrád countries agree that global cooperation is needed
Prime Minister’s Office, September 30, 2015 5:17 PM
Following roundtable discussions on migration with ambassadors to Budapest from the countries of the Visegrád Group (V4), Minister of State for EU Affairs at the Prime Minister’s Office Szabolcs Takács said that, according to the V4, European-level cooperation is not enough: global efforts are needed to manage the problems posed by illegal migration.
Disbursement of suspended EU payments resumed
Prime Minister’s Office, September 30, 2015 7:44 AM
Deputy State Secretary for Development Policy Nándor Csepreghy has announced that funding in the first three priorities of the Economic Development Operational Programme has been resumed, following the European Commission’s decision to lift the five-month-long suspension of disbursement. He added that in the next few weeks development funds of approximately HUF 210 billion will be allocated to Hungary. The EU is expected to make the payment at the beginning of October, thus the funds may arrive within weeks, he said.
János Lázár had talks in Brussels regarding enlargement of Paks Atomic Power Station
Prime Minister’s Office, September 29, 2015 4:12 PM
János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office paid a visit to Brussels on 29 September 2015. During the course of his visit, he had talks with Dominique Ristori, head of the Directorate-General for Energy within the European Commission.
Holland also views the protection of external borders as important
Prime Minister’s Office, September 26, 2015 3:22 PM
“Holland also views the protection of the European Union’s external borders as an important task”, Minister of State for EU Affairs Szabolcs Takács said on Friday following a meeting with Director-General for European Cooperation of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs Robert de Groot in the Hague.
Hungary wants to protect its borders, not close them
Prime Minister’s Office, September 25, 2015 10:47 AM
“Hungary wants to protect its borders, not close them”, Government Spokesperson Zoltan Kovács explained on Kossuth Radio’s “180 Minutes” programme.
Hungarian Government regards quota system as grossly mistaken
Prime Minister’s Office, September 24, 2015 7:31 PM
The Government will initiate a parliamentary debate on the quota system in order to acquaint itself with the views of the parliamentary parties on the matter before deciding whether to contest the EU quota decision before a court, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office stated at his press conference “Governmentinfo 24 – What does the Government do and why?” held jointly with State Secretary for Government Communications András Giró-Szász.
Ukraine should respect European standards!
Prime Minister’s Office, September 24, 2015 10:11 AM
The State Secretariat for Nation Policy finds it regrettable that the Central Election Committee of Ukraine has decided to establish new electoral districts before the local government elections of October. The restructuring of the electoral districts of Bereg County – which affects Hungarians living in Transcarpathia the most – makes no sense, as the settlements of the four newly established electoral districts are not even neighbouring ones.
EU must provide for the protection of its external borders
Prime Minister’s Office, September 20, 2015 3:11 PM
The European Union has no choice but to provide for the protection of its external borders, and to this end to require its Member States to take every necessary action, the Government Spokesperson said on Saturday evening on the current affairs news programme of the public service television channel M1.