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Hungary’s PM: Migrants Should Be Returned To Homelands
- 7 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Political actors in the world must work to make sure that whoever leaves their homelands is returned to where they belong, the prime minister said in a radio interview. This is why it is important to settle the situation in Syria so that everyone from there can be returned. “We must start rebuilding that world,” Viktor Orbán said. He insisted that the agreement the EU struck with Turkey was ...
Hungary’s PM: West On The Wane
- 2 Dec 2015 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The era of western dominance in the global economy and the military as well as the “export of democracy” is over, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told a meeting of the Hungarian Diaspora Council in Budapest. The West is continually losing its influence and “we are right in the middle” of a global reshuffle of power, economy and politics, Orbán said. The focus of the global economy is shifting to ...
Hungary’s PM: ‘It’s A Fact: All The Terrorists Are Migrants’
- 26 Nov 2015 6:35 AM
- current affairs
All migrants pose a security threat, because their identities are not known, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview with the online portal Politico.eu published on Monday. “Of course it’s not accepted, but the factual point is that all the terrorists are basically migrants,” Orbán said.
Xpat Opinion: PM Orbán’s Lonely Stance On Migration Seen As Vindicated
- 23 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
In the light of the Paris terrorist attacks and statements by several European leaders suggesting that they have no reason to revise their migration policies, conservative analysts, whether pro-government or not, claim that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was right to argue against unfettered immigration from the start. Opinions diverge however on possible solutions to the problem.
Hungary’s PM: Communism “Was An Insane Ideology”
- 23 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
No one today disputes that Communism, like National Socialism, was an insane ideology, Viktor Orbán, the prime minister, said at a commemoration. At the event held to remember Hungarian political prisoners and forced labourers deported to the Soviet Union, Orbán said that when the insane idea of National Socialism shook the world, and when a crippled western world recognised that its very ...
Hungary’s PM: Controls Of Migrants From War Zones Must Be Stepped Up
- 20 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The terrorist attacks against France highlight the need to take the arrival of migrants from war zones seriously, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said. European Union member states are, to varying degrees, at war with countries from where such migrants originate from, Orbán told public media after meeting NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. It is conceivable that groups are being sent to Europe ...
Hungary’s PM Orbán Vows To Press Ahead With Paks Upgrade
- 20 Nov 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on the European Commission’s infringement procedure in connection with the planned expansion of the Paks nuclear power station, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public radio that it is in Hungary’s basic interest to operate and expand the Paks plant because electricity prices would sharply rise without Paks. “Cheap electricity equals Paks”, he said, adding that “we will continue moving ...
Hungary’s PM: Attack On Paris Attack On Europe
- 17 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Union has been attacked and “we are also in danger,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told parliament. Orbán cited President François Hollande as saying the Paris attacks were “an act of war”. France is a member of the EU so the community was also attacked in Paris. “This is our business, too. “What happened in Paris last Friday can happen elsewhere in Europe. “We are not safe either,” ...
Hungarian PM Responds To Questions On Child Hunger, Early Retirement
- 10 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Fidesz-Christian Democrats government has done by far the most among Hungary’s political parties to combat child hunger in the past 25 years, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in response to criticism of the governing parties’ decision last week to throw out an opposition proposal to step up related measures. Dóra Dúró, a lawmaker for the radical nationalist Jobbik party, asked the prime ...
Hungary’s PM: Migrants Should Be Returned To Homelands
- 7 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Political actors in the world must work to make sure that whoever leaves their homelands is returned to where they belong, the prime minister said in a radio interview. This is why it is important to settle the situation in Syria so that everyone from there can be returned. “We must start rebuilding that world,” Viktor Orbán said. He insisted that the agreement the EU struck with Turkey was ...
Hungary’s PM: West On The Wane
- 2 Dec 2015 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The era of western dominance in the global economy and the military as well as the “export of democracy” is over, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told a meeting of the Hungarian Diaspora Council in Budapest. The West is continually losing its influence and “we are right in the middle” of a global reshuffle of power, economy and politics, Orbán said. The focus of the global economy is shifting to ...
Hungary’s PM: ‘It’s A Fact: All The Terrorists Are Migrants’
- 26 Nov 2015 6:35 AM
- current affairs
All migrants pose a security threat, because their identities are not known, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview with the online portal Politico.eu published on Monday. “Of course it’s not accepted, but the factual point is that all the terrorists are basically migrants,” Orbán said.
Xpat Opinion: PM Orbán’s Lonely Stance On Migration Seen As Vindicated
- 23 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
In the light of the Paris terrorist attacks and statements by several European leaders suggesting that they have no reason to revise their migration policies, conservative analysts, whether pro-government or not, claim that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was right to argue against unfettered immigration from the start. Opinions diverge however on possible solutions to the problem.
Hungary’s PM: Communism “Was An Insane Ideology”
- 23 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
No one today disputes that Communism, like National Socialism, was an insane ideology, Viktor Orbán, the prime minister, said at a commemoration. At the event held to remember Hungarian political prisoners and forced labourers deported to the Soviet Union, Orbán said that when the insane idea of National Socialism shook the world, and when a crippled western world recognised that its very ...
Hungary’s PM: Controls Of Migrants From War Zones Must Be Stepped Up
- 20 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The terrorist attacks against France highlight the need to take the arrival of migrants from war zones seriously, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said. European Union member states are, to varying degrees, at war with countries from where such migrants originate from, Orbán told public media after meeting NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. It is conceivable that groups are being sent to Europe ...
Hungary’s PM Orbán Vows To Press Ahead With Paks Upgrade
- 20 Nov 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on the European Commission’s infringement procedure in connection with the planned expansion of the Paks nuclear power station, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public radio that it is in Hungary’s basic interest to operate and expand the Paks plant because electricity prices would sharply rise without Paks. “Cheap electricity equals Paks”, he said, adding that “we will continue moving ...
Hungary’s PM: Attack On Paris Attack On Europe
- 17 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Union has been attacked and “we are also in danger,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told parliament. Orbán cited President François Hollande as saying the Paris attacks were “an act of war”. France is a member of the EU so the community was also attacked in Paris. “This is our business, too. “What happened in Paris last Friday can happen elsewhere in Europe. “We are not safe either,” ...
Hungarian PM Responds To Questions On Child Hunger, Early Retirement
- 10 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Fidesz-Christian Democrats government has done by far the most among Hungary’s political parties to combat child hunger in the past 25 years, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in response to criticism of the governing parties’ decision last week to throw out an opposition proposal to step up related measures. Dóra Dúró, a lawmaker for the radical nationalist Jobbik party, asked the prime ...