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Here's the English version of Hungary's national consultation on the protection of the family

Here’s my response that Süddeutsche Zeitung refused to publish

Minister Gulyás on the Article 7 procedure: ‘A political accusation disguised as rule-of-law concerns’

"We believe that the accusation stating there is a systemic threat to rule-of-law in Hungary is completely absurd"

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

"We Hungarians don’t simply want to have the numbers. We want Hungarian children.”

PM Orbán and EPP support Weber for top job

“We are bridge builders. We build bridges between the European Union and its citizens,” Weber said, reiterating his campaign’s slogan

Fake News: No, Le Monde, Hungary was not alone in Shanghai

This work of journalism is so sloppy it deserves special mention in our fake news collection

Soros plan

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Government Spokesperson: The events of recent days have made it clear that George Soros is not prepared to accept the result of Hungary's election

Apr 18, 2018

Zoltán Kovács stressed that George Soros is continuing the negotiations aimed at calling into question the outcome of the Hungarian election and collecting allies against the democratically elected Hungarian government and majority

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Hungary will not allow itself to be made a victim of the migrant business, says state secretary

Apr 18, 2018

“Hungary will continue to take action to prevent this in future and will continue to represent the interests of Hungarian voters on all international forums," Pál Völner said

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Hungary's FM: George Soros is intent on having the Hungarian people punished because they didn’t vote for his candidates

Apr 17, 2018

Minister Szijjártó pointed out that if Hungary had an electoral system like the United Kingdom or France, then the ruling party wouldn’t just have a two-thirds majority in Parliament, but a majority of 85 percent

News in Brief Prime Minister

PM Orbán warns of the dangers if “Soros’s people” were to be installed in government in Hungary

Apr 06, 2018

The prime minister says Soros organizations have already taken over other countries and there is a real threat to Hungary, and this is what the “Soros Leaks” recordings makes clear

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Government Spokesperson says another “Soros Report” is being prepared to blackmail Hungary into resettling migrants

Apr 06, 2018

According to the new regulations, Hungary would have to accept the resettlement of 10,000 migrants-a-year, in addition to which the resettlements would never end

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The Soros network is already looking for properties in Hungary to house migrants

Mar 28, 2018

Bence Tuzson, minister of state for Government Communication, said that the Helsinki Committee requested a list of empty state-owned properties in Budapest. He said the government will not issue this list and is prepared to go to court if necessary

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Hungary's government spokesperson says "Röszke attack” in 2015 is linked to the “Soros network”

Mar 27, 2018

Zoltán Kovács said the government is paying particular attention to the various pieces of information that are coming to light with almost daily regularity in relation to the operations of the “Soros network”

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The Soros ‘mercenaries’ working against Hungary

Mar 27, 2018 - Zoltán Kovács

According to a recently uncovered statement by Tracie Ahern, former chief financial officer of the Soros Fund Management, the billionaire financier commands a quasi-mercenary force of at least 2,000 people, tasked with achieving three goals: bringing down Prime Minister Orbán’s government, dismantling the border fence, and promoting immigration to Hungary.

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How are NGOs supporting illegal migration? Part 2

Feb 28, 2018 - Zoltán Kovács

Here are some examples of NGOs facilitating illegal migration in Hungary and Europe.

News in Brief

A guidebook funded by George Soros provides advice to illegal migrants on how to mislead authorities

Feb 27, 2018

György Bakondi said that several guidebooks including advice for migrants on what routes to follow and what to say if they are intercepted were first found in 2015

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Hungary’s “Stop Soros” bill receives unanimous support from the ruling Fidesz and Christian Democrat parties

Feb 16, 2018

Fidesz group leader Gergely Gulyás said the parliamentary debate on the bill can start next week, with a decision expected after the April 8 election

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Hungarian government submits a “significantly stricter” version of the “Stop Soros” bill to parliament

Feb 14, 2018

Bence Tuzson, minister of state for Government Communication, said they have incorporated several proposed amendments into the original draft legislation

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George Soros warned to keep out of British politics after financing anti-Brexit group

Feb 09, 2018

The "destructive" investor George Soros was told to “stay out of British politics” after admitting to providing 700,000 GBP (250,000,000 HUF) worth of grants for pro-EU groups

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Hungary's Chief Security Advisor says the publication of the first draft of the UN’s migration package is cause for concern

Feb 06, 2018

György Bakondi said the UN's package is cause for concern because Hungary does not want to be part of a treaty that states that migration is a fundamental human right and everyone is free to choose where they want to settle

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PM Orbán: The UN’s draft document on migration “looks like it was copied from the Soros Plan"

Feb 02, 2018

PM Orbán said the United Nations is an asset, “but we mustn’t allow it to formulate principles that go against Hungary’s interests… And the package currently being prepared does go against Hungarian interests"

News in Brief Prime Minister

PM Orbán says George Soros has “transgressed every border”

Jan 29, 2018

The prime minister said that Hungary wants to protect its own interests, it does not want to become an immigrant country, and it wants to preserve its border protection and its border security fence

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The Soros network spent more than 14 million dollars last year to lobby the US government, focusing in part on Hungarian issues

Jan 25, 2018 - Zoltán Kovács

The Soros machine is not a charity

News in Brief

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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EP investigator visits Hungary to determine whether Article 7 proceedings should go ahead

Jan 10, 2018

Levente Magyar, the ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Parliamentary State Secretary, said that the EP will decide whether or not to launch Article 7 proceedings against Hungary based on Sargentini's report, which could lead to the suspension of Hungary’s voting rights

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Hungary expects attacks from several directions after rejecting EU quota scheme

Jan 08, 2018

Hungarians have expressed their will and they do not want Hungary to become an “immigrant country” and they do not want the mandatory resettlement quota or any other elements of the “Soros plan” either, Fidesz spokesman Imre Puskás said

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Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party will not allow the implementation of the “Soros plan”

Dec 19, 2017

Lajos Kósa said that efforts to set up and expand a network of civil organizations aimed at implementing the European Parliament’s mandatory migrant relocation plan are already under way

News in Brief Prime Minister

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”

News in Brief Prime Minister

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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Minister's year-end review: Unemployment and taxes down, wages up, and government will continue to fight the 'Soros plan'

Dec 13, 2017

The government has created 700,000 new jobs, increased the minimum wage from 73,500 HUF in 2010 to 127,500 HUF today, and is fighting the migrant crisis for all of Europe

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Hungary’s Parliament adopts resolution proposed by Fidesz rejecting the EP’s “decision on the implementation of the Soros plan”

Dec 13, 2017

The resolution calls on the government “not to succumb to the pressure from Brussels ... reject the Soros plan and provide continuous information to all Hungarians concerning the status of its implementation”

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Migrant quota: first it was only 40 thousand but now it’s limitless

Dec 12, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács

The Hungarian Parliament today rejected the European Parliament’s recent decision to establish a limitless and permanent migrant quota. In the resolution, Hungarian lawmakers said the decision would change irreversibly the continent’s future and called on the government to protect the country’s interests.

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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”

News in Brief Prime Minister

PM Orbán: European Parliament uses the debate on democracy to attack Hungary

Dec 08, 2017

The prime minister said that Hungary had cleared up all debated issues regarding democracy with the EU before 2013. He added that Hungary has “no debate on democracy”

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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.

News in Brief

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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PM Orbán: George Soros has “signed up” for Hungary’s election campaign due to his network's commitment to forcing migration policies upon Europe

Dec 01, 2017

“The Soros network works like a party: it wants to remove and weaken governments that push back against the resettlement of Muslims,” PM Orbán said during his regular interview slot on Kossuth Radio

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Hungary will not be made into a pro-migration country, says government official

Dec 01, 2017

János Lázár, the minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office, said that Hungary investigated the ‘Soros files’, which was necessary to protect the Hungarian border and guarantee sovereignty, and were matters of national security

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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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Hungarian government will block George Soros's attempts to bring illegal immigrants to Europe

Nov 23, 2017

The foreign minister said it was Hungarians rather than Soros that elected the current government and parliament. Hungarians can decide what’s good for them even without a US speculator, he added

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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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Soros held meeting with MEP responsible for resettlement quotas just days before EP vote

Nov 20, 2017

Antal Rogán said that the European Commission states that immigration via the Mediterranean has slowed with the onset of winter, therefore 50,000 immigrants should be “brought in” from Turkey and distributed across central Europe

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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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The European Parliament has decided to carry out the Soros plan

Nov 17, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács

Hate to say we told you so, but that moment that Hungary has long been warning against has arrived. The European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) has approved a regulation that would introduce a mandatory migrant quota system without an upper limit on the number of migrants. If this regulation is enacted, the European Parliament has approved the permanent quota system and is carrying out the plan of billionaire financier George Soros, seemingly point by point.

News in Brief Prime Minister

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán re-elected chairman of the ruling Fidesz party

Nov 13, 2017

During the 27th congress, the prime minister said the party is prepared to win the 2018 spring general election to benefit the entire nation

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Hungary's government office chief: Attempts by factions in the European Parliament to shame and undermine Hungary are intensifying

Nov 10, 2017

At the request of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, an intelligence assessment has been completed concerning Soros’s activities in Berlin and Brussels and the extent to which Soros has succeeded in influencing opinion against Hungary

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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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A new LIBE hearing will take place later this year

Nov 09, 2017

The European Parliament has ruled that a review of the ‘article 7 procedure’ will take place, and might lead to the suspension of Hungary’s voting rights in the Council

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An open letter to reliable Soros ally Guy Verhofstadt

Nov 09, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács

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European Parliament speeds up realization of the Soros plan

Oct 28, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács

Last week’s decision by the LIBE Committee of the European Parliament to propose a limitless resettlement quota scheme and the EP’s newest Hungary-bashing report all point in one, disturbing direction: a concerted effort to push a pro-immigration agenda that would accept an unlimited number of migrants into Europe and to strong-arm any member states that dare to oppose.

News in Brief Prime Minister

PM Orbán: The European Parliament has begun to implement the Soros plan on migration

Oct 23, 2017

There is “no smaller bullet in the gun, but the establishment of a permanent and mandatory migrant resettlement mechanism,” said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán following the summit of EU leaders on Friday, “with no upper limit on numbers: the mandatory relocation quota system.”

News in Brief Prime Minister

PM Orbán: Brussels is implementing the Soros pro-migration plan

Oct 09, 2017

“Brussels has come under George Soros’s influence,” the prime minister said. “The European Union wants to dismantle the border fence, let migrants enter the continent, distribute them among the member states and punish those who resist,” he added

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Hungary talks national consultation questionnaires, pension perks and tourism investment

Oct 06, 2017

Hungary is doing well, and the people must also have a share of the country’s achievements

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The Financial Times has become completely unhinged

Oct 04, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács

Over the course of the last two weeks, the Financial Times has run no fewer than four – yes, four – articles maligning the Orbán Government for our opposition to George Soros’ pro-immigration agenda and for the usual charge of undemocratic behavior. We must have got under their skin.

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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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Hungarian government pens letter to Financial Times opposing the "Soros plan"

Sep 28, 2017

The government of Viktor Orbán opposes illegal immigration, with broad, popular support, and that’s why it opposes Mr Soros’s efforts to push his immigration plan, Hungary's government spokesperson said

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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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The European Commission could punish EU member states if they reject the "Soros plan"

Sep 27, 2017

In a 2016 draft proposal, the European Commission recommended that member states that refuse to participate in the mandatory resettlement of illegal immigrants should pay a so-called solidarity fine of 78 million HUF (250,000 EUR) per rejected migrant

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George Soros and his network pose a serious threat to Hungary's national security

Sep 25, 2017

“I regard it as a serious risk to national security that the organizations funded by Soros actively transported illegal immigrants to Hungary’s border," János Lázár said

News in Brief Prime Minister

PM Orbán calls on Hungarians to participate in government’s public survey on the “Soros plan”

Sep 22, 2017

The “national consultation” survey will ask Hungarians for their opinion on whether or not Hungary should become an immigrant country

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The Financial Times and the Soros plan deniers: these people just aren’t being straight with us

Sep 22, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács

Sometimes, you just can’t make this stuff up. Over the course of last week, two prominent media sources have run pieces featuring flat-out denials that the Soros plan exists.

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PM Orbán says “Hungary will never be an immigrant country"

Sep 19, 2017

The prime minister categorized states as either “immigrant” or “non-immigrant countries” in terms of their approach to migration. He also spoke of Hungary's recovering economy and the rise in employment

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Hungarian government to launch a nationwide survey on migration

Sep 18, 2017

The Hungarian government has decided to launch a nationwide survey on migration to guarantee solid support for the government’s related policies, and so that they can understand the people's stance on the issue

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Hungarian government continues fight over resettlement quotas as its revealed there will be no cap on migrant numbers

Sep 13, 2017

Previous dialogue concerning the resettlement of a few thousand people on a voluntary and ad hoc basis was discussed, they are now talking about a mandatory and permanent system of distribution with no upper threshold, Csaba Dömötör said

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Fidesz's parliamentary group leader says people in Venice Commission are sponsored by George Soros

Aug 14, 2017

Lajos Kósa said it was “absurd” that the European Commission believes the Central European University does not have to comply with Hungary’s law on higher education

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Wondering what PM Orbán meant with that reference to the Soros plan? Here it is

Aug 04, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has made a number of references to a Soros plan to bring one million “refugees and migrants” into Europe each year. Some are skeptical, but the doubters haven’t familiarized themselves with the facts. The plan is real.

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Hungary's foreign minister responds to Austrian Chancellor's comments on migrant resettlement quotas

Jul 28, 2017

Péter Szijjártó, minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said Europe wants to punish countries that do not want to allow illegal immigrants through their borders