Samizdat No. 16

2022. január 28.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has always been an important part of the EU’s complex machinery.

Never before has the EU been under such migration pressure

2021. november 23.

“Never before has the European Union been under such migration pressure as it is now; it has never been under pressure from three directions simultaneously, and this represents a huge challenge for the whole of the EU”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the summit of the heads of government of the Visegrád Group (V4) countries in Budapest on Tuesday.

We stand with Poland; Brussels abuses its power and threatens Europe’s unity

2021. szeptember 9.

In the context of the Brussels attack on Poland, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán reassured Polish head of state Andrzej Duda – when he received him in the Carmelite Monastery in Budapest on Thursday – of Hungary’s solidarity and full support, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief told the Hungarian news agency MTI.

Visegrád countries must join the ranks of winners in the wake of changes in the world economy

2021. július 1.

The Hungarian Presidency of the V4 will be working to ensure that in the altered situation the Visegrád countries join the ranks of those who can boast of being the winners of the changes in the world economy, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Wednesday in Katowice, Poland.

We fought for our rights, and said no to everything that is not acceptable for our nations

2020. december 11.

We fought for our rights, and said no to blackmail and everything else that is not acceptable for our nations as the dispute revolved not only around the rule of law mechanism; the future of the European Union was at stake, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated in Brussels on Thursday.

We have a good chance to win in EU budget debate

2020. december 9.

Hungary and Poland have a good chance to win in the European Union’s budgetary debate regarding the rule of law conditionality planned to be tied to the pay-out of community funds if things continue to head in the right direction in the days ahead, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated on Tuesday evening in Warsaw after he had talks with his Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki.

Press statement by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after his talks with Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki

2020. november 27.

26 November 2020, Budapest

Neither Poland, nor Hungary will accept any proposal that is deemed unacceptable by the other

2020. november 27.

The conditionality planned to be tied to the new multiannual financial framework would weaken, not strengthen the rule of law in the European Union; the planned mechanism could be used as a political instrument.

Hungary will not accept any proposal that is not acceptable for Poland

2020. november 26.

The political debate about the rule of law and the urgent economic issue of crisis management cannot be connected together. Anyone who ties these two issues together is irresponsible because at a time of crisis swift economic decisions are required.

Joint Declaration of the Prime Minister of Poland and the Prime Minister of Hungary

2020. november 26.

Budapest, 26 November 2020