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Next steps for the Family Protection Action Plan: 5 percent VAT on newly built homes, plus government to cover half of renovation costs for families with kids

Stay tuned, these two steps are only the first in a long line of measures to be introduced by the Hungarian Government.

CORONAVIRUS: Here's the latest

A regularly updated feed of the latest information about coronavirus in Hungary.

CORONAVIRUS: 52,212 infected. In compulsory home quarantine: 24,764. Recovered: 15,254 Deceased: 1,305.

If you have a question call + 36-80-277-455 and + 36-80-277-456 or email koronavirus@bm.gov.hu.

“Führerdemocracy?” Really?

Yes, Paul Lendvai really used that term that when referring to Hungary’s current political situation.

Anti-Semitism and the Opposition: Here’s what’s at stake in this weekend’s by-election.

An alliance of left-liberal opposition parties have jointly nominated a candidate with a deeply disturbing history of anti-Semitism to win this weekend’s ballot.

Manfred Weber

News in Brief

FM: Government does not support either Manfred Weber or Frans Timmermans to fill top EU positions

Jun 24, 2019

Péter Szijjártó said Hungary will only support candidates who have respect toward European nations, take up the cause of protecting Christian culture and stand for stopping migration rather than supporting it.

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PM Orbán: Weber and Timmermans departure is good news for Hungary

Jun 24, 2019

The Prime Minister said the Hungarian people did not want Manfred Weber or Frans Timmermans leading the European Union.

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V4 countries won’t support Weber or Timmermans

Jun 19, 2019

Citizens of the V4 countries feel equally skeptical about EPP candidate Manfred Weber and the socialist Frans Timmermans, reveals a recently-conducted survey by the Nezopont Institute.

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Hungary not supporting Weber or Timmermans, says spokesman

May 30, 2019

Zoltán Kovács said Weber had repeatedly offended Hungarians over the past few months while Timmermans “has been in effect lying non-stop” about Hungary during the EP election campaign.

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PM Orbán in Bild: The left represents things that destroy Europe [complete interview in ENG]

May 24, 2019

“I do everything for the success of EPP. I want the EPP to win the European elections,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview published this morning in the German daily Bild, adding that he’d rather that the European People’s Party didn’t “tie its fate to the political left,” to a bloc that “represents things that destroy Europe.”

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PM Orbán withdraws Hungary’s support for Weber: Let’s remember who said what

May 08, 2019 - Zoltán Kovács

“For us, Group Leader Weber would have also been a good Commission president,” Prime Minister Orbán said at the press conference yesterday, “but [Weber] announced that not only does he not need the Hungarian votes but he does not want to become Commission president with the support of Hungarian votes.”

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Hungarian government withdraws support for Manfred Weber's EC President candidacy

May 07, 2019

PM Orbán said “Hungary’s government and its head” cannot be in the position to support a European Commission presidential candidate who has announced that he does not want the vote of Hungarians

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Gulyás: In the event of its membership being suspended, Fidesz will leave the People's Party immediately

Mar 20, 2019

The Minister said that Fidesz will only be able to stay in the European People's Party if on Wednesday not only is it not expelled from the party grouping, but also if its membership is not suspended.

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Gergely Gulyás: Fidesz wants a strong, united, Christian democratic European People’s Party which rejects immigration

Mar 18, 2019

On Monday Gergely Gulyás, Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office, told Hungarian news agency MTI that Fidesz wants a strong, united Christian democratic European People’s Party (EPP) which rejects immigration. He said that Fidesz wants to remain a member of the party family for as long as possible, and also stressed that Fidesz has always avoided personal attacks on other members of the party family it belongs to.

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PM Orbán reaches compromise with Weber over EPP debate

Mar 13, 2019

Magyar Nemzet columnist Ferenc Kis writes that the EPP needs Fidesz more than Fidesz needs the EPP, and is probably the most accurate summary of Manfred Weber's visit to Budapest

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PM Orbán meets Manfred Weber to discuss EPP

Mar 12, 2019

The prime minister has met Manfred Weber today to smooth over the differences between the EPP and Hungary's ruling Fidesz

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Yes, migration is the most important issue in the EP elections

Mar 11, 2019 - Zoltán Kovács

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been saying so for months. It’s so important, in fact, says the PM, that it’s shaking up the traditional left-right alignment of politics and creating a contest between those who support immigration and those who oppose it.

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PM Orbán: We won’t compromise on migration and the protection of Christian culture

Mar 08, 2019 - Zoltán Kovács

In his regular Friday morning interview on Kossuth Radio earlier today, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán addressed the ruling party’s relations with the EPP, his call for a new council of interior ministers to handle immigration and the implementation of the family support package.

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EPP member parties take a stance for Fidesz

Mar 06, 2019

EPP parties say Fidesz' expulsion would weaken the positions of the group in the European Parliament and send a negative message to voters just weeks before the EP elections

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PM Orbán: It’s better to govern with the people than against the people

Nov 09, 2018 - Zoltán Kovács

Having just returned from the EPP Congress in Helsinki, Prime Minister Orbán sat for his regular radio interview this morning to talk about the upcoming EP elections, the UN migration pact, the ongoing national consultation and the liberal hysteria around the “Soros university”.

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PM Orbán and EPP support Weber for top job

Nov 08, 2018

Gathering more than 79 percent of the votes, Weber’s victory sends a powerful message that the EPP’s parliamentary group leader has emerged as a serious contender to become president of the European Commission following the EP elections next May.

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PM Orbán meets Croatian PM on sidelines of EPP congress to discuss bilateral ties and challenges faced by Europe

Nov 08, 2018

The two prime ministers reviewed topical political and economic issues and discussed their countries’ preparations for next spring’s European Parliamentary elections

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Fidesz and PM Orbán support election of Manfred Weber as lead candidate of EPP in European parliamentary elections

Oct 19, 2018

Two candidates were put forward for the post on Wednesday, former Finnish prime minister Alexander Stubb, who belongs to EPP‘s liberal arm, and current EPP group leader Manfred Weber, the deputy head of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria

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Of the two candidates, Viktor Orbán supports the nomination of Manfred Weber, not Alexander Stubb

Oct 18, 2018

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PM Orbán: A mandatory migrant quota is out of the question, external borders must be defended

Mar 22, 2018 - Zoltán Kovács

They’re not giving in, those who see quotas and pro-immigration policies as Europe’s answer to the migration crisis. We’ll see a “decisive showdown” in June, said Prime Minister Orbán this week, when the EU’s heads of state and government will gather in Brussels again. Immigration will feature as one of the overriding issues on the agenda.

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PM Orbán: Europe is full, and as a result the continent’s external borders must be defended

Mar 21, 2018

“We should not focus on the distribution of migrants, and a mandatory migrant quota is out of the question, but we should instead focus on ensuring that illegal migrants cannot gain entry to Hungary and the territory of the European Union,” the prime minister said