FM: EU in need of "rational reforms" and must view enlargement as a priority
Minister Szijjártó said the EU was “in bad shape”, with its security, economy and energy supplies weakened.
Minister Szijjártó said the EU was “in bad shape”, with its security, economy and energy supplies weakened.
Commenting on the future of Europe, PM Orbán said the EU must stay together and must maintain its unity.
Hungary does not accept migration as a solution to demographic challenges because migrants, who are mostly Muslims, would change the cultural identity of Europe.
The EU’s demographic problems should not be solved by migration but by appropriate family policies, as this is the only way to preserve the EU’s cultural diversity, Prime Minister Orbán said in Bled, Slovenia.
One main topic of this year’s conference will be the need to boost Europe’s resilience so that it is better prepared to meet the challenges facing the continent.
31 August 2020, Bled
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said Hungary and Slovenia are working to ensure there is a strategic basis for cooperation in the long term.
Bled, 31st August 2020
The foreign minister said the novel coronavirus pandemic presents a historic challenge for the European Union, adding, at the same time, that the coming years “could be all about central Europe”.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Europe "is in trouble" as it has still not managed to define its new place in the global economy.
Europe is now in trouble, said Prime Minister Orbán, because we still have not identified our new position in the global economy. To resolve the situation, the prime minister proposes to set up a common, European military defense capacity, complete the EU’s security complex with Serbia and make our economy more competitive under the leadership of what he calls the “Central European locomotive.”