The greatest challenge is that EU Member States have different notions of the future

2016. június 9.

At a public discussion held prior to the Prague European Summit debate between the prime ministers of the four Visegrád Group (V4) countries, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “The real challenge confronting Europe today is that the continent’s states have different notions of the future, as the example of the migration crisis clearly shows”.

European leaders have placed themselves in opposition to their peoples

2016. június 3.

On Friday, on the Kossuth Rádió programme “180 Minutes”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that with regard the migration issue European leaders have placed themselves in opposition to their peoples, and they must therefore completely revise their policies.

Co-existence of civilisations is a major question for the future

2016. június 1.

During his official visit to Egypt, after talks in Cairo with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Wednesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that a major question for the future is how civilisations with historic roots such as Islam and Christianity will be able to live together.

We must demonstrate that old industrial cities also have a future

2016. június 1.

In Dunaújváros, where he signed an agreement with Mayor Gábor Cserna as part of the Modern Cities Programme, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that we must demonstrate that traditional industrial cities are not a thing of the past, but that they have a future, and therefore the issue of Dunaújváros is “a point of honour”.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán receives Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov

2016. május 25.

On Wednesday morning Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov in Parliament. The meeting was also attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó.

We deserve more respect from the United States

2016. május 20.

In an interview on Kossuth Rádió’s “180 Minutes”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that both the Hungarians and the Poles deserve more respect from former and current leaders of the United States. He was responding to a recent accusation from former US President Bill Clinton, who said that Poland and Hungary “want Putin-like leadership”.

Hungary can be a winner with digitalisation

2016. május 19.

At the conference “Cars of the Future” at Budapest Technical University, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that since 2010 the Government has been working on turning Hungary into Central Europe’s automotive industry innovation centre. He said he would like to see Hungary showing the fastest rate of growth in research, development and innovation activities, as well as in the production of cars.

The people of Veszprém can be proud of their achievements

2016. május 10.

After signing a cooperation agreement with Mayor of Veszprém Gyula Porga as part of the Modern Cities Programme, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “Veszprém is a city which is in good spiritual, economic and political condition”.

Prime Minister expresses outrage at European Commission’s proposal

2016. május 6.

With reference to the European Commission’s proposal to allow EU Member States to deny the resettlement of migrants in their countries on condition that they pay EUR 250,000 for each migrant denied entry, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that the plan is nothing short of outrageous.

HUF 1,200 billion being allocated to research up to 2020

2016. május 3.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has announced that up to 2020 the Government is planning to allocate some HUF 1,200 billion to research, development and innovation. As a result, Hungary’s research spending as a proportion of GDP will approximate to the EU average.