Together we could succeed in extending the years of plenty

2022. július 7.

After seven years of plenty, the world is heading towards seven lean years, but if we work hard, together we could succeed in extending the years of plenty in Hungarian agriculture, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the founding assembly of delegates of the Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture held on Thursday in Budapest.

Only peace can bring an end to wartime inflation

2022. július 1.

Hungary must stand for peace, wartime inflation cannot be stopped any other way, only by putting an end to the war, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Good morning, Hungary’ where he also announced that the government would speed up the development of the armed forces.

We say yes to Ukraine’s EU membership and peace, we say no to sanctions

2022. június 23.

“We say yes to Ukraine’s European Union membership, we say yes to peace, and we say no to further sanctions,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stressed on his social media account on Thursday.

Cabinet decided on extension of price caps

2022. június 16.

The government will extend the food and petrol price caps until 1 October, while the credit debt repayment moratorium and the interest cap until 31 December, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced on his Facebook account on Thursday.

Hungary will stand against proposals conveying threat of impoverishment for families

2022. június 16.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán wrote a reply to the 44 Members of the European Parliament who recently sent him a joint letter in connection with the war in Ukraine. In his reply, the Prime Minister stated that Hungary stood for peace and helping Ukraine; at the same time, he rejected insults directed at Hungary, sanctions against church leaders and sanctions proposals that are contrary to common sense, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief told the Hungarian news agency MTI on Thursday.

Budget is managing wartime inflation and economic crisis

2022. június 10.

The government adopted a budget for 2023 that is capable of managing both wartime inflation and economic crisis, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Good morning, Hungary’ where he also highlighted in connection with the cap on petrol prices that the present extraordinary situation calls for extraordinary measures.

We have defended reduction of household energy bills

2022. május 31.

We have defended the reduction of household energy bills, we managed to fight back the European Commission’s proposal that sought to ban the use of oil coming from Russia in Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated on Monday night in Brussels, after the first day of the summit of the European Union.

If the embargo doesn’t apply to Russian oil conveyed via pipeline, that is an acceptable solution for Hungary, but only in combination with guarantees

2022. május 30.

The solution that the European Council intends to opt for – that the embargo should only apply to oil coming from Russia via maritime transport, and not to oil conveyed via pipeline – is an acceptable one for Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated, arriving at the extraordinary two-day summit of EU heads of state and government in Brussels on Monday.

We will protect low household energy bills and take extra profits away

2022. május 25.

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced the establishment of funds for the protection of low household energy bills and the defence forces.

Government to instate a war state of danger

2022. május 24.

Exercising its right granted in the Fundamental Law, from midnight tonight the government will instate a war state of danger, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced on Tuesday in a video posted on Facebook.