“A new model every year: the plant could easily have chosen this slogan”, the Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said referring to the fact that the plant in Kecskemét is one of the very few for which parent company Daimler develops a new model for serial production practically every single year.

At the event, Mr. Orbán pointed out that following the economic crisis it was Mercedes who gave the Hungarians the opportunity “to place our homeland back on Europe’s economic map”, and so “the Hungarians have good reason to trust in Mercedes”, the Prime Minister continued, adding that the Kecskemét investment had generated international confidence in Hungary.

“Our philosophy for governing the nation may be summed up in three words: trust, opportunity and duty”, the Prime Minister said, explaining that “in our view, our greatest duty is to successfully harness the country’s opportunities for the Hungarian people who have given us their vote of confidence.”

“Since Europe’s economy is still standing on shaky legs, our goal is for Hungary to continue to be a strong and dependable place where the economy is performing well and growing”, Mr. Orbán asserted.

Not only has the Hungarian economy made a turn for the better recently, but so have the employment figures, he added.

There are currently a total of 6000 companies founded fully or partly with German capital operating in Hungary, and which provide a living to a total of 300 thousand Hungarian families, the Prime Minister said, stressing the importance of German enterprises in Hungary.

Today, every thinking person can see that we are on the right track; Hungary’s finances are in order, we have provided families with financial security and have reformed our vocational training system and job market, he continued, adding that more and more international enterprises know that if they come to Hungary and place their confidence in the people of Hungary, then they will achieve success.

Mr. Orbán thanked the almost 4000 people employed at the Kecskemét plant for their work to enable the launch of the new model and expressed his gratitude to the company’s directors for their confidence in Hungary and the Hungarian people.

Source: Prime Minister's Office