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PM Orbán in Magyar Nemzet: Together we will succeed again

The following is the official, English-language transcript of Prime Minister Orbán's article in conservative daily Magyar Nemzet.

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CORONAVIRUS: Here's the latest

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

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CORONAVIRUS: 17,990 infected. In compulsory home quarantine: 25,583. Recovered: 4,391. Deceased: 683.

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

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PM Orbán: The defense will end only after we have a vaccine against the coronavirus

“Hungary has to continue to function in a way that everybody abides by the regulations,” Prime Minister Orbán reiterated in an interview with Kossuth Rádió this morning.

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PM Orbán inaugurates new bridge between Hungary and Slovakia: Today, Europe is being constructed in Central Europe

At the inauguration ceremony of the brand new Monostor Bridge over the Danube near Komárom, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that the Danube does not separate, but connects Hungary and Slovakia.

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PM Viktor Orbán on new coronavirus measures: “We have already succeeded once, and we will succeed again.”

In a brief video statement published on his Facebook page, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced a list of new government decisions regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, aimed at protecting Hungary’s population.

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PM Orbán in an exclusive interview: Our war plan against the coronavirus is about ensuring that Hungary continues to function

PM Orbán said that now we need to put in motion a “war plan” that will protect the lives of Hungarian people and keep the country functioning.

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FM: Hungary and Brazil working together to fight Global Compact for Migration

Feb 07, 2020

The foreign minister said UN organizations have been “caught” several times as they tried to get various resolutions approved which incorporated parts of the compact.

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Here we go again: yet another stealthy maneuver to resurrect a failed immigration policy

Jan 22, 2019 - Zoltán Kovács

Brussels is at it again. They seem as determined as ever to bring back to life a migration policy that should have died long ago.

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FM: Brussels and the United Nations clearly share the same goal of legalizing illegal migration

Dec 11, 2018

Hungary views illegal migrants as illegal migrants and not as refugees, and the Hungarian government will vote against the UN migration compact in New York, said the foreign minister

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FM: Hungary will not enforce “a single passage” in UN migration pact

Nov 29, 2018

Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said the package was contradictory to Hungary’s interests because “it encourages migration rather than seeking to stem such processes”

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FM: UN migration pact is designed to “legalise illegal migration”

Nov 23, 2018

Hungary has decided not to take part in the compact’s adoption process in order to make it clear that the document is not binding in any way whatsoever, says the foreign minister

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FM: The United Nations’ migration package “betrays Europe”

Nov 08, 2018

Minister Szijjártó insisted that the package would pose a “serious danger” for Europe as it is “aimed at legalizing illegal migration as a fundamental human right” and said that Hungary would vote against the proposal at next year’s UN general assembly session

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FM: Hungary rejects UN migration pact

Nov 05, 2018

Minister Szijjártó said that Hungary does not support “population exchange between continents” for concerns that “it will lead to the formation of parallel societies and an increased threat of terrorism”

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Austria refuses to sign UN global migration pact

Oct 31, 2018

Austria follows Hungary and the United States' lead in pulling out of a United Nations pact on migration

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Hungary officially quits the United Nations Global Compact for Migration

Jul 25, 2018

Péter Szijjártó, minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, made the announcement on Tuesday and said it has become clear that the differences between Hungary’s position on migration and the UN’s approach are irreconcilable

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Hungary to quit UN migrant pact

Jul 19, 2018

“For us, the number one priority is Hungary and the security of Hungarians,” the foreign minister said

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FM: Countries rejecting the UN’s planned Global Compact for Migration could be “best off”

Jul 16, 2018

The migration pack fails to address the rights of people who simply strive to live in their home countries in peace and stability

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Hungary's FM: Europe is at threat from Africa's migrant crisis

Jun 05, 2018

If the UN's goals are realized then the make-up of Europe’s population will change radically in the upcoming few years, the foreign minister said

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Hungary's FM: The government’s top priority is to ensure people’s right to safety

Mar 20, 2018

“The Hungarian people have a right to live in security, so that they do not have to be afraid of terrorist attacks and so that they can protect themselves from the security risks of the emergence of parallel societies,” Minister Szijjártó said

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Hungary’s FM: The international community should focus its efforts not on organizing or encouraging migration but on stopping it

Mar 13, 2018

Péter Szijjártó, minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, addressed the UN’s intergovernmental debate on its migration package in New York on Monday and highlighted Hungary’s disagreement with the document’s premise that migration is a positive and unstoppable phenomenon

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There is no scope for a common EU position on the UN’s global migration proposal package, says minister

Mar 09, 2018

The Hungarian position is that the UN's migration package is a harmful approach and everyone has the right to live in peace and security where they were born

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Hungary’s FM: There is no closer and more effective cooperation in the EU than the V4

Mar 05, 2018

Péter Szijjártó, minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said that the V4 has a voice that is heard throughout Europe and beyond and has become an important factor in shaping European political processes

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The Hungarian government will submit a 12-point proposal to the UN regarding draft package on migration

Mar 02, 2018

Péter Szijjártó, minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, announced that he will submit the proposal to the head of the UN General Assembly during his opening address to an international conference focusing on the UN’s migration package in Budapest

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‘Security First’: Hungary responds to the UN with a 12-point proposal to handle global migration

Mar 02, 2018 - Zoltán Kovács

The Orbán Government strongly disagrees with the draft of the UN’s Global Compact on Migration, but we have decided to remain at the table and have put forward a list of alternatives to influence the debate.

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PM Orbán: ‘If we make the wrong decision, Hungary will become an immigrant country’

Mar 02, 2018 - Zoltán Kovács

“If we don’t want to become an immigrant country we’ll have to join our forces and fight this battle together,” said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, adding that with the upcoming elections Hungary’s future is at stake.

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Hungary’s FM calls on the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to resign

Feb 27, 2018

Péter Szijjártó, minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said Zeid bin Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein should step down over comments he made about Hungary's prime minister

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Hungary’s foreign minister has officially protested over the negotiations on the UN’s Compact for Migration

Feb 26, 2018

Péter Szijjártó, minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, made his feelings known in a letter to the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini

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Hungary expects a tough battle over the UN migration document, says government spokesperson

Feb 22, 2018

Speaking on Kossuth Radio’s “180 Minutes” program, Kovács pointed out that Hungary has several natural allies in Central Europe and will do what's best for the country and the region

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Hungary's FM: The issue of whether migration is stopped or enabled is what is at stake in the intergovernmental debate on the global migration package

Feb 21, 2018

Hungary believes migration heightens the threat of terror and undermines security, the foreign minister stressed

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Survey finds that over two thirds of Hungarians reject UN proposal for a compact on refugees and migrants

Feb 19, 2018

The Századvég Foundation found that 80 percent of respondents disagreed with the “UN view” that migration and its promotion are beneficial to economic growth and welfare

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Hungary's FM: There are 15 million refugees and people in need of humanitarian aid living in the immediate vicinity of Europe

Feb 16, 2018

Minister Szijjártó said this could mean an unmanageable security threat for the European Union, and accordingly Hungary will be submitting proposals with regard to both the UN’s migration package and the reform of the Dublin Regulation

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Hungary to remain in UN’s migrant package talks and will push to "influence the draft document in a meaningful way"

Feb 16, 2018

Hungary’s foreign minister has been given a mandate to propose amendments to the five areas the Hungarian government finds problematic in the UN's migrant package and to enforce Hungary’s position in the document

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Whether or not Hungary will become an “immigrant country” is at stake in the general election, says state secretary

Feb 12, 2018

“Several national consultation surveys and a referendum have demonstrated beyond doubt that Hungarians don’t even want to hear about this. And the government must heed the will of the Hungarian people,” Csaba Dömötör said

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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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Hungary says it will do everything in its power to close all loopholes open to illegal migration

Feb 06, 2018

Zoltán Kovács said that in Hungary’s experience, “self-proclaimed” charity or human rights organizations “operate according to a very different kind of political agenda”

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