Hungary’s PM Orbán, Cameron Discuss Range Of Issues
- 8 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
Vikor Orbán, Hungary’s prime minister, told a joint press conference that he and his British counterpart, David Cameron, shared the view that the role of national parliaments in the European Union should be reconsidered and that countries outside the euro zone should get equal treatment in EU institutions. Orbán also assured Cameron that Hungary, as a NATO partner, is committed to further taking part in international actions in Syria and Iraq.
On the topic of Hungary-UK relations, Orbán said they were fine, and he mentioned that the UK is the fifth biggest investor in Hungary, with 700 British companies present employing 50,000 people. On the subject of migration, the Hungarian PM said a sober mind dictated that every responsible government should protect its own citizens.
Hungary wants to uphold the Schengen agreement and in doing so it must protect the Schengen borders. Asked about his private visit to Poland on Wednesday, during which he met the head of the governing party, Orbán said he had seen speculation about the “old boys’ meeting in Poland” being in connection with today’s meeting with Cameron.
“This is not entirely so,” he said.
“On the political palette of current-day Europe, especially that of central Europe, the chairman of the Polish governing party and myself belong to those who have stayed on their feet ever since the change of regime,” he said.
“This is the old boys’ club of freedom fighters, in fact. I gladly visited my Polish friends and there we strengthened Polish-Hungarian strategic cooperation,” he added.
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