Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s New Year international press conference
5 January 2026, Budapest
5 January 2026, Budapest
Prime Minister Orbán launched Hungary’s 2026 political season with a wide-ranging international press conference in Budapest, laying out the government’s position on key geopolitical, economic, and domestic challenges.
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Hungary will not participate in the European Union’s so-called “war loan” intended to finance support for Ukraine, as the government believes the funds will likely never be repaid, Minister Gergely Gulyás said.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Monday inaugurated a new 34-kilometre section of the M4 motorway between Törökszentmiklós and Kisújszállás.
The move, he said, will further deepen bilateral economic cooperation while contributing to the modernization of Kyrgyzstan’s agriculture and food industry.
The Fidesz delegation in the European Parliament continues to oppose the EU–Mercosur agreement, while the Tisza Party is helping to ensure the rapid entry into force of a deal that would be devastating for hundreds of thousands of European farmers.
The world is now facing a choice between peaceful global cooperation and a path of war-driven bloc confrontation that could ultimately lead to self-destruction, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Wednesday in New York.
On the way to Brussels for the European Council summit, Prime Minister Orbán warned that despite a long and diverse agenda, the coming days will be defined by a single, decisive question: war or peace.
Markus Schäfer, a member of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz AG, has been awarded in recognition of his contributions to Hungary, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó announced in Budapest on Tuesday.
All signs indicate that the European political elite is clearly not interested in achieving peace in Ukraine, which is why everything must be done to prevent them from undermining a diplomatic settlement, Péter Szijjártó said on Tuesday in Budapest.
According to PM Orbán, the coming days will show whether Europe chooses escalation and centralization, or peace and the restoration of national sovereignty.
Minister Gergely Gulyás, head of the Prime Minister’s Office, said on Monday that the new form of the Hungarian left wing is called Tisza.
Foreign Minister Szijjártó said Brussels is planning to send an additional HUF 80 trillion to Ukraine, a move he described as an unacceptable escalation risk that runs directly counter to the interests of the Hungarian people.