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Hungarian government to release National Consultation Survey in October to gain insight into demography issue

Sep 19, 2018

State Secretary Csaba Dömötör said the government will survey citizens on family policy in a national consultation that will launch in just a couple of weeks

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Government to initiate national consultation survey over demographic problem in Hungary

Sep 14, 2018

Minister says survey will likely go ahead in October

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Hungarians "unanimously reject the Soros Plan" following return of 2,356,811 national consultation surveys

Jan 11, 2018

According to Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács, 2,356,811 national consultation questionnaires were returned, 2,178,320 by post and 178,491 online. The number of responses rejecting the “Soros Plan” was above 2.3 million with regard to all seven questions included in the consultation, he added

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PM Orbán thanks Hungarians for giving him the strength to protect Hungary's sovereignty at EU summit

Dec 18, 2017

In a Facebook video message, the prime minister wished “every citizen of Hungary a beautiful Advent season, and a blessed, peaceful and merry Christmas”

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PM Orbán speaks on behalf of 2.3 million Hungarians who rejected the “Soros Plan” when he heads to Brussels today [VIDEO]

Dec 14, 2017

PM Orbán stressed that Hungary is the only country in Europe in which the government has dared to ask the people their opinions on migration and immigration in the successful survey

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Notarized response totals for national consultation survey exceed 2.1 million

Dec 12, 2017

The notarized totals were only in relation to responses returned by post and do not include online participation

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Hungarians have unanimously rejected the “Soros plan” in national consultation survey

Dec 11, 2017

Bence Tuzson, state secretary for Government Communication, said that “the government will fight the mandatory quota scheme and advocate the position of the Hungarian people both in Hungary and Europe”

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Record numbers take part in Hungary’s national consultation

Dec 06, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács

More than two million Hungarians have taken part in Hungary’s latest national consultation, making their voice heard on controversial plans to resettle migrants. The participation rate marks a new record.

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National consultation survey on the “Soros plan” attracted a record 2.3 million responses

Dec 06, 2017

Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács expressed his thanks on behalf of the government to all who sent in their answers and said the high participation reflected that this was a national issue that would determine the future of Hungary and the European Union in the long-term

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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Kossuth Radio’s “180 Minutes” programme, December 1

Dec 04, 2017

1 December 2017

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Hungary's National Consultation survey receives a record 2.2 million responses

Nov 29, 2017

Last chance for public to send in National Consultation responses before the December 1st deadline

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Government announces that it will extend National Consultation deadline until December 1st

Nov 24, 2017

The government decided to extend the deadline because the public were still sending in their responses, but most importantly to allow for last week’s vote by the European Parliament to launch the EU's migrant relocation scheme

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Latest National Consultation survey receives a record 1.7 million responses

Nov 23, 2017

Csaba Dömötör said “the real political struggle is just starting” because the plan to relocate migrants on a mandatory basis without an upper limit “is now being implemented”

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The Soros media blitz to convince the world there is no such thing as a Soros plan

Nov 23, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács

As I wrote last week, the European Parliament approved a regulation that would introduce a permanent and mandatory migrant quota system without an upper limit on the number of migrants to be admitted. What’s more, it says that the evaluation of asylum claims will no longer be carried out by the country of first entry, and all member states will have to accommodate migrants on an involuntary basis. Countries that don’t cooperate would be politically and financially penalized.

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Brussels criticizes 'Soros' national consultation questionnaire as government receives strong response from public

Nov 17, 2017

János Lázár, the minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office revealed that 1,295,000 Hungarians had sent back the consultation questionnaires which is a remarkably high number, and clearly demonstrates that the people want to state their views on the matter

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Cabinet office state secretary responds to Guy Verhofstadt’s criticism of the Hungarian government’s “national consultation” survey

Nov 09, 2017

All Hungarians have a right to express their thoughts on “the completely irrational and risky relocation plans," said Cabinet office state secretary Csaba Dömötör

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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.

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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?

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Hungary's new national consultation survey will contain 7 questions on immigration

Sep 25, 2017

The survey will be distributed in October and will touch on the relocation of a million migrants as well as proposals on border closures. The survey can be filled out online or on paper and returned by post

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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s speech at the closing event for the National Consultation

Jun 29, 2017

27 June 2017, Budapest

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PM Orbán: We want Hungarians to come first and prosper from economic success

Jun 28, 2017

PM Orbán said that in this democracy he can see no one asking the people for guidance except his own party

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National Consultation proves Hungarian government is going in the right direction

Jun 27, 2017

State Secretary Csaba Dömötör said that the survey clearly shows that Hungarians do not want Brussels to take away Hungary’s right to make strategically important decisions

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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”

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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s reply to opposition comments on his address in Parliament before the start of daily business

Jun 16, 2017

12 June 2017, Budapest

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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s address in Parliament before the start of daily business

Jun 16, 2017

12 June 2017, Budapest

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PM Orbán tells Parliament that Hungary has never been anti-European

Jun 13, 2017

PM Orbán criticized the Socialist opposition party for wanting to dismantle the fence on Hungary’s southern border, adding that they would likely never have built it in the first place

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Here’s what’s really behind the debate with Brussels over Hungary’s national consultation

Jun 12, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács

As the government announced last week, preliminary results of Hungary’s national consultation are in, and the number of responses received sets a new record.

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PM Orbán: The only network which “operates like a mafia” in Hungary is run by George Soros

Jun 02, 2017

Soros’s network and its "agencies" were “a significant and non-transparent component of Hungary’s public life”. Soros and “his supporters in Hungary” were seeking to implement “a program to allow migrants into the country," the prime minister said

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Hungarian government receives a record 1.68 million responses to "national consultation" questionnaire

Jun 01, 2017

The government intends to continue tackling illegal migration and to maintain the right to regulate taxes, wages and utility prices as national competencies

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Deadline for Hungarian government's 'national consultation' questionnaire tomorrow

May 30, 2017

The Hungarian government will be able to act successfully against “the pressure imposed by Brussels and the organizations of George Soros” if as many people return their questionnaires as possible by Wednesday, Fidesz party's communications director said

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National consultation is to help government understand the people and the direction in which Hungary and the EU should head

May 12, 2017

The politics of a nation or country can only be successful if it is founded on the opinion of the country’s citizens

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More than one million Hungarians have so far returned their national consultation questionnaires

May 10, 2017

The government launched its survey dubbed “Let’s Stop Brussels” on April 1, sending questionnaires to the whole voter base of about 8 million people and providing a website to answer the questions

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Hungary will respond to Brussels' unjustified attack on National Consultation

May 08, 2017

“The goal of the Brussels attacks is for fewer people to sign the National Consultation," Bence Tuzson said, adding that despite this interest is high, the people of Hungary realize that these are important issues and around 900,000 people have already returned their filled out National Consultation questionnaires

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Government spokesperson says so-called NGOs are the problem, not charities or volunteer organizations

Apr 25, 2017

“The problem isn’t with the some 60 thousand civic organizations operating in Hungary, but with so-called NGOs, which are trying to prove that they are true civic organizations," Zoltán Kovács said

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Hungarian government send out next round of national consultation surveys to solicit citizen input

Mar 27, 2017

The Hungarian government will send questionnaires to households next week in the latest round of national consultations

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The national consultation and why we listen to the people

Mar 23, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács

The national consultation has become an especially useful method in recent years to invite citizen participation in the decision-making process between election cycles

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Hungarian government proposing change to transport regulations in wake of bus crash tragedy

Feb 16, 2017

During Wednesday's Cabinet meeting it was decided that before finalizing changes to regulations, the government would consult as many people on the subject as possible by using an 'online consultation'