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PM Orbán calls on EU to rethink policy on energy prices
The prime minister said the European Commission was partially to blame for recent energy price rises.
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PM Orbán to attend EU-Western Balkan Summit
Leaders will have an opportunity to discuss their commitments to the Western Balkans at the summit.
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PM Orbán: Hungary is “months ahead” of other EU member states in terms of inoculation rate
PM Orbán said the European Union summit in Brussels focused on vaccination, migration and climate change.
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PM Orbán: Cost of climate change fight should be borne by biggest polluting companies
The prime minister said Hungary does not accept the position that individuals and families should bear the costs of climate action.
Speeches and Remarks
Answers of Viktor Orbán to the press before the Summit of the European Council
Porto, 8 May 2021
Speeches and Remarks
Remarks of Viktor Orbán at the Porto Social Summit
7 May 2021
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Hungary sees the EU as a community based on “families, employment, and innovation”
The justice minister said the Hungarian model was based on “experiences of more than ten years, reality, and tangible results”.
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Hungary and Austria agree that setting an EU minimum wage is ill-advised
Setting a minimum wage from Brussels would be ill-advised due to large differences in the level of development between European Union member states.
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PM Orbán: Reopening economy hinges on vaccine drive
“We have to try to convince everyone in Europe to get the vaccine,” the prime minister said.
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PM Orbán will push for speeding up rollout of Covid-19 vaccines in videoconference of EU leaders
Hungary is in talks with several vaccine manufacturers, and the country is on the verge of adding the UK’s Oxford/AstraZeneca and Russia’s Sputnik V jabs to its vaccine arsenal.
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PM Orbán: Common sense prevailed at EU summit
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.”
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PM Orbán: EU summit will focus on Europe’s response measures to the pandemic
PM Orbán said EU leaders will discuss how they can best assist each other in their protective measures and mount a coordinated response to the pandemic.
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PM Orbán ahead of EU summit: If debates about the rule of law delay the establishment of the emergency fund, it's possible to make intergovernmental deals
In a statement to MTI earlier today, before taking off to the EU's upcoming summit in Brussels, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made it clear that if the debate about tying the rule of law to EU finances would delay the establishment of the coronavirus emergency fund, then it is possible to make intergovernmental deals, outside the EU framework.