Hungary Summons Swedish Ambassador Over Minister's Critical Remarks

  • 18 Feb 2019 12:47 PM
  • Hungary Matters
Hungary Summons Swedish Ambassador Over Minister's Critical Remarks
Hungary’s foreign ministry has summoned the Swedish ambassador over critical remarks by a Swedish minister concerning the Hungarian government’s recent family assistance measures, the foreign minister said.

In a tweet, Annika Strandhäll, the Swedish minister for social affairs, said that Hungary’s “alarming” policies were “reeking of the 1930′s”.

She suggested the Hungarian prime minister, who she said seeks to promote the birth of “more true Hungarian” babies, was a “right-wing populist trying to obscure the consequences of those policies to the independence women have fought for”.

Answering a question at a press conference on a different subject, Péter Szijjártó said the tone of Strandhäll’s tweet was “unacceptable”.

He said the Swedish ambassador had been told at the ministry that Strandhäll ‘s comments, too, were unacceptable. Szijjártó said the ambassador had taken note of Hungary’s stance and promised to convey it to Stockholm.


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