President Novák: Pro-family is answer to demographic crisis
The Hungarian government has spent 6% of the country’s GDP, the highest ratio in the world on family support schemes.
The Hungarian government has spent 6% of the country’s GDP, the highest ratio in the world on family support schemes.
The justice minister said that assisting families was “something like a maternal instinct” for the government, which was “constantly fine-tuning” the system.
The president highlighted the importance of family-friendly workplaces in helping employees balance work and their family lives.
The president said education and emphasising the importance of human life are key to a successful family policy.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said family subsidies will be extended and expanded if governing Fidesz wins the general election in April.
The government “strongly believes in families”, which is why it introduced a multitude of schemes to help couples wanting to raise children.
Katalin Novák, the minister of family affairs, tendered her resignation to accept a nomination to serve as Hungary’s next president.
The PM said that those currently in power in Brussels wanted a German-controlled European state, “unlike us, who insist on the existence of nation states making up Europe”.
Making Hungary family-friendly is an aim that most Hungarians identify with regardless of party affiliations.
Katalin Novák, Minister of Family Affairs, encouraged new parents to choose the baby bond as a form of savings which pays a premium.
The government aims to ensure that people who want to have children are given all possible support, not just financial, but aid for health interventions for people struggling to conceive, too.
Minister Novák said the government was not simply “giving handouts”, but rather implementing “well thought out measures”.
Minister Novák said mothers of children under the age of three are eligible for the subsidies until the end of next year.