News in Brief PM Orbán meets former Australian PM to discuss migration and border protection Sep 06, 2019 PM Orbán and Abbott agreed that Europe should follow the Australian and Hungarian practice of border control if it is serious about protecting its own citizens.
News in Brief Seismic shift in immigration tendencies May 22, 2019 New statistics by KSH finds that in 2018 a far greater number of people returned to Hungary than the those moving away.
Blog PM Orbán to Austrian daily: Europe should adopt the Austrian model, where the center-right allies with the right-wing May 06, 2019 - Zoltán Kovács Prime Minister Orbán is due to meet Austrian Freedom Party Chairman Heinz-Christian Strache this afternoon in Budapest. Prior to the meeting, the PM discussed Hungary-Austria relations, liberalism, European politics and migration in an exclusive interview with Austrian daily Kleine Zeitung. Here are some of the highlights:
News in Brief Immigration remains the most important issue for Europe, says official Apr 08, 2019 Hungarian voters have the chance to influence European decision-making if the program of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán gets the most support in the European Parliament elections
Blog PM Orbán on EP elections: ‘We must decide whether we protect our Christian Europe or surrender to multiculti’ Apr 05, 2019 - Zoltán Kovács With the campaign for the European Parliamentary elections officially kicking off tomorrow, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán presented his seven-point action plan to be set in motion after the elections.
Blog This Slovenian weekly serves up a sad example of the intolerance of the Left Apr 01, 2019 - Zoltán Kovács The March 22nd cover of the Slovenian leftist weekly Mladina shows a caricature of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán raising a Nazi salute, surrounded by SDS leader Janez Janša and other figures associated with Slovenia’s conservative, right-wing party.
Blog You have the right to know: some in Brussels think your national borders are an unfortunate obstacle to immigration Feb 28, 2019 - Zoltán Kovács Have you noticed how the bureaucrats in Brussels talk about “border management” instead of saying “border protection” or “border defense”? It’s not a coincidence. It betrays a fundamental difference in how we approach migration. For those in the pro-migration lobby, immigration is a positive outcome and national borders are the obstacles.
Blog Prime Minister PM Orbán: Hungarians have the right to know what’s going on in Brussels Feb 22, 2019 - Zoltán Kovács In his regular Kossuth Rádió interview this morning, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán spoke about the European Parliamentary election campaign, the importance of informing Hungarians about Brussels’ plans and touched upon the early responses to the government’s latest pro-family package.
News in Brief PM Orbán: Immigration will be the defining issue of the next 15-20 years in Europe Jan 11, 2019 The prime minister said Hungary can be proud that it was the first country to prove that migration can be stopped on land, and for a long time not even countries with maritime borders attempted to achieve such a feat
Blog Prime Minister PM Orbán: ‘Our goal is that opponents of immigration become a majority in the institutions of the EU’ Jan 10, 2019 The upcoming European Parliamentary elections will be decisive, said Prime Minister Orbán at the government’s first press conference of the year in an opening statement before an extended and free-wheeling Q&A session with domestic and international press. As Hungary remains the only EU state that has asked its citizens directly about migration, these EP elections present an opportunity for the people of Europe to decide about the continent’s future.
News in Brief Hungary and Bulgaria share similar views on the migrant crisis Nov 14, 2018 Zsolt Németh held talks with his Bulgarian counterpart Dzhema Marinova Grozdanova on Tuesday where it was determined that Bulgaria and Hungary share the same views on Europe, security policy, migration policy, European Union enlargement as well as a number of socio-political issues
News in Brief No dictum or indictment by the EP will cause the government to change its policy on migration, says official Oct 04, 2018 The Hungarian government will be “happy to answer” the questions raised in the report to any EU institution. “But if the EU and the EP don’t wish to dismantle the institutionalized Europe, then these sort of reports should be rejected with large majorities,” the head of the prime minister’s office said
News in Brief President Trump praises Hungary for its tougher border policies Jul 16, 2018 The president said the migrant crisis caused the Brexit vote and the impact it has had on cities like London and Paris is "sad'
Blog PM Orbán: If Europe can’t tolerate dissenting views on economics and immigration, just wait and see what the next European elections will bring Jun 17, 2018 - Zoltán Kovács ‘In today’s Europe, one needs Chancellor Kohl’s temper and bravery,’ said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in a speech delivered on Saturday, the anniversary of the passing of the former chancellor and father of German reunification
News in Brief European Commission poll finds a large number of citizens think the integration of migrants has failed May 02, 2018 The EC posed the following question to all 28 Member States: Generally speaking, how successful or not is the integration of most immigrants living in [your country]?
News in Brief Prime Minister PM Orbán says a successful Europe does not exist without prospering nation states Feb 09, 2018 During the general meeting of cities with county status in Veszprém on Thursday, the prime minister said the world cannot succeed without a flourishing Europe and cities also require successful villages and families to thrive
News in Brief Hungary rejects the fact that we should have to live with terrorism, says foreign minister Dec 05, 2017 “Terrorism didn’t use to be part of everyday life in Europe, and Hungary rejects the fact that we should have to live with this, and that this is something natural," Hungary's foreign minister said. “We expect European institutions to finally take action with regard to this issue"
News in Brief Here's the questionnare that allows the people to have their say on the Soros Plan Sep 29, 2017 On Wednesday, the government published the national consultation on the Soros plan, one of a series of national consultations in which the government turns to the people in the form of public surveys to ask their opinion on subjects important to their daily lives. This seventh national consultation addresses the Soros Plan to resettle one million migrants in Europe per year. The following is an English-language translation of the questionnaire.
Blog Letting the people have their say on the Soros Plan Sep 28, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács On Wednesday, the government published the national consultation on the Soros plan, one of a series of national consultations in which the government turns to the people in the form of public surveys to ask their opinion on subjects important to their daily lives. This seventh national consultation addresses the Soros Plan to resettle one million migrants in Europe per year. The consultation’s fundamental question is: should Hungary become an immigrant country or not?
News in Brief Hungarians have decided that they do not want illegal immigrants in their country Jun 16, 2017 PM Orbán insisted that “record high” participation in the government’s latest nationwide public survey means that “a whole nation is looking for ways to support its position of denying entry to people of a different culture or civilization”
News in Brief Hungary says EU directive on immigration goes against Geneva Convention May 11, 2017 The Geneva Convention expressly prohibits asylum seekers who are granted asylum in a certain country from being resettled to another country
News in Brief PM Orbán warns of a changing European society amid the migrant crisis Apr 27, 2017 The prime minister stated that in the process of migration two cultures are coming into contact with each other. He stressed that these two cultures will not mix, migrants will not integrate, and there is no chance of a new and better result
Blog Conservatives should take on “fight with the Left” to save Europe, says PM Orbán Mar 30, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács In the face of a political adversary that wants to transform Europe by allowing unbridled immigration, casting aside subsidiarity and encumbering the labor markets with bureaucratic rules, the center-right political forces of Europe must summon the confidence to “accept the intellectual and political fight with the Left,” said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, addressing the European People’s Party Congress in Malta today.
Blog Dear New York Times Editors: You just don’t get it, do you? Mar 14, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács “Clearly, Mr. Orban is playing the European Union for a patsy,” the New York Times editors write in a piece published yesterday. “At what point will the union have the courage to take action against his policies?”
News in Brief PM Orbán: Reducing immigration and protecting "ethnic homogeneity" is key to Hungary's success Mar 01, 2017 Hungary's government "cannot risk changing the fundamental ethnic character of the country," the prime minister said. He added that it would not enhance the value of the country but downgrade it instead, and turn it into chaos
News in Brief PM Orbán: Hungary's stance on immigration is becoming more widely acceptable in the EU Dec 16, 2016 "Positions which were once condemned, despised, looked down upon and treated with contempt are becoming jointly-held positions," PM Orbán said
News in Brief President Áder: EU leaders should take note of Australia's immigration policy Nov 11, 2016 The president met with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Governor-General Peter Cosgrove from Australia in Canberra on Thursday, where they discussed migration issues, climate change and a prospective global water crisis
News in Brief PM Orbán: Hungary’s border policy protects European freedom Oct 20, 2016 PM Orbán said that his government’s stance on mass migration was a positive move to defend the values of European civilization