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State Secretary slams EU for requesting money from member states while withholding funds
The EU has called for contributions because earlier support for war-torn Ukraine had left its budget tens of billions of euros in the red.
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State Secretary: Approval of migrant distribution plan shows worst side of Brussels politics
A new plan would require member states that refuse to accommodate migrants to pay an equivalent of 8 million forints (EUR 22,000) per migrant.
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State Secretary: Brussels has a simplistic view of Hungary’s position on war in Ukraine
Hungary has condemned Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine from the start and provides all the help it can to the refugees fleeing Ukraine.
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State Secretary: Energy companies are getting “stinking rich” through war in Ukraine
Csaba Dömötör insisted that some companies were getting “stinking rich” through soaring energy prices, with special regard to “large, international energy companies”.
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Dömötör: EP marking one year since start of war in Ukraine is a “resolution of escalation”
Csaba Dömötör said Brussels also urges member states as well as the US, the UK and Canada “to swiftly deliver on their pledge to provide Ukraine with modern battle tanks”.
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Dömötör: Hungarians want fewer costly sanctions and their opinions heard
A recent National Consultation survey found that 97% of respondents were set against any kind of sanctions on nuclear energy, gas and oil.
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State Secretary: Government must guarantee security of energy supply
Fortunately, in the case of gas, the long-term gas purchase contracts are a guarantee for Hungary, Csaba Dömötör said.
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State Secretary: Mortgage rate freeze could save households HUF 30 billion
A government decision to freeze retail mortgage rates until the end of next June could save Hungarian households HUF 30 billion (EUR 81.3m).
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PM Orbán urges ethnic Hungarians abroad to cast their vote in election
Over 1.1 million Hungarians abroad have taken the opportunity to become citizens with voting rights.
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State Secretary: Hungary leaving crisis behind without austerity measures
Real wages have grown by 70 percent during the Fidesz government’s tenure over the past ten years.
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1,191,000 people filled out government’s National Consultation survey
The government will decide on its next steps based on the survey’s results. The findings of the survey will be made public as soon as possible.
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State Secretary hits back at Soros for “insulting Hungary”
“George Soros is insulting Hungary again; this time by calling it a mafia state,” Csaba Dömötör wrote.
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Topics for National Consultation survey revealed
The government is seeking opinions on whether the country should be reopened gradually or in one fell swoop once the epidemic has subsided.