Since Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government placed families at the center of national strategy, Hungary has offered Europe an alternative path: a future built not on mass immigration or borrowed...
Hungary presented its ideas to an American audience to address demographic issues and family policy.
PM Orbán said 2023 had been a year of “great struggles”, noting the challenges of the war, the growing threat of terrorism, migration, inflation “and Brussels”.
The Hungarian government has spent 6% of the country’s GDP, the highest ratio in the world on family support schemes.
The justice minister said that assisting families was “something like a maternal instinct” for the government, which was “constantly fine-tuning” the system.
The president highlighted the importance of family-friendly workplaces in helping employees balance work and their family lives.
The president said education and emphasising the importance of human life are key to a successful family policy.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said family subsidies will be extended and expanded if governing Fidesz wins the general election in April.
The government “strongly believes in families”, which is why it introduced a multitude of schemes to help couples wanting to raise children.
Katalin Novák, the minister of family affairs, tendered her resignation to accept a nomination to serve as Hungary’s next president.
The PM said that those currently in power in Brussels wanted a German-controlled European state, “unlike us, who insist on the existence of nation states making up Europe”.
Making Hungary family-friendly is an aim that most Hungarians identify with regardless of party affiliations.
Katalin Novák, Minister of Family Affairs, encouraged new parents to choose the baby bond as a form of savings which pays a premium.