Parliament approves EU budget framework and post-pandemic recovery package
Hungarian lawmakers approved the legislation with 170 votes in favor and no MPs present voting against.
Hungarian lawmakers approved the legislation with 170 votes in favor and no MPs present voting against.
14 December 2020, Budapest
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said "common sense won the day" in the course of the European Council summit last week.
“At last week's summit of the European Council, common sense prevailed; we defended Hungary's sovereignty and Hungarian money,” said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in his speech in Parliament today.
Justice Minister Judit Varga said Thursday’s agreement concerning the European Union’s next budget and coronavirus recovery fund has in the first place been a victory for common sense.
PM Orbán said the European Union has maintained its unity and won; George Soros lost and it would be time for Europeans to “finally send him home to America”.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s response to George Soros.
Brüssel ist nicht in der Lage, Ungarn mit Geld zu erpressen, es gibt keine neue Waffe gegen uns.
After a deal was struck on the EU budget and recovery fund at the European Union summit in Brussels, PM Orbán said “common sense has prevailed, we’ve protected Hungarians’ money.”
Brussels is not able to blackmail Hungary with money, there is no new weapon against us.
Gergely Gulyás said the time was not right for “unnecessary debates on immigration and gender issues” but aid must be granted to countries in need.
PM Orbán said Hungary and Poland both regard keeping to the EU’s basic treaty and its provisions highly important.
Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said the two countries would “not bow to any intentions trying to drive a wedge” between them.