The security of Hungary also means the security of Europe

2016. október 18.

At an event organised by the Hungarian consul general in the building of the Bavarian parliament (Landtag) to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that opening Hungary’s western border in 1989 and protecting its borders now are two sides of the same coin: “In 1989 we took action for Europe’s freedom, and today we are protecting this freedom. Today […] the security of Hungary also means the security of Europe”.

What we need are investors like India

2016. október 16.

In the Parliament building on Sunday, in a press statement following his talks with the Vice-President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that what Hungary needs are investors like India.

The Hungarians acted bravely

2016. október 14.

Minister Viktor Orbán told Kossuth Radio’s “180 Minutes” programme that “we can be proud of the fact that it is only in Hungary that people have been asked about the issue of immigration; we did the right thing and the Hungarians acted bravely in this matter”.

The Prime Minster has submitted his bill for a constitutional amendment to Parliament

2016. október 10.

On Monday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán submitted his proposal for a constitutional amendment that would ban the relocation of foreign population to Hungary to the National Assembly, the Parliament website has stated.

Mandatory resettlement quotas must be removed from EU agenda

2016. október 7.

After talks in Bratislava with his Slovak counterpart Robert Fico, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that the mandatory resettlement quotas must be removed from the European Union’s agenda, once and for all.

We must be at least as tough as the terrorists

2016. október 6.

“We must be at least as tough as the terrorists”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said early on Thursday morning in Budapest after the Counter-Terrorism Centre (TEK) held exercises at the Ferenc Puskás Stadium metro station.

A new unity has been established

2016. október 4.

At a press conference in the Parliament Building on Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “The fact that in the referendum on 2 October there was a 98 per cent majority voting ‘no’ to mandatory relocation means that a new unity has been established in Hungary: a unity beyond party politics, which regards protecting our sovereignty as a national issue”.

The referendum has achieved its goal

2016. október 3.

In a speech before daily business in Parliament on Monday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “The quota referendum on Sunday achieved its goal; Hungary has made its decision”.

We have surpassed the result of the referendum on joining the EU

2016. október 2.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán described the result of Sunday’s quota referendum as “excellent”, because “we have surpassed the result of the referendum on joining the EU”. In a speech at the Fidesz-KDNP referendum results reception in Budapest, the Prime Minister announced that following the referendum he will be submitting a proposal to Parliament on a constitutional amendment, because the will of the people must be set down in the Fundamental Law.

We are calling on the people of Hungary to vote in a crucial referendum

2016. október 1.

“Sunday’s referendum will be crucial for both Hungary and the European Union”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated in the Saturday edition of the Hungarian daily Magyar Idők.