Press statement by Viktor Orbán after his talks with Mateusz Morawiecki, Prime Minister of Poland and Matteo Salvini, President of the Italian government party Lega
1 April 2021, Budapest
1 April 2021, Budapest
The foreign minister has said "the whole of Europe should be grateful” to Matteo Salvini, former interior minister of Italy, for “saving his homeland and saving Europe.”
Salvini is facing legal proceedings because he, when interior minister, banned a ship of illegal migrants from docking.
In a text message to Matteo Salvini, PM Orbán said he had told reporters in Brussels that Hungary firmly stood by Italy.
Nach einem Treffen mit dem italienischen Premierminister Giuseppe Conte sowie Matteo Salvini und Silvio Berlusconi in Rom hielt Premierminister Orbán am Dienstag auf einer Konferenz zum Thema „Nationaler Konservatismus“ eine Rede. Dort sprach er über eine Handvoll der dringlichsten Probleme Europas.
Following meetings with Italian PM Giuseppe Conte, Matteo Salvini and Silvio Berlusconi in Rome, Prime Minister Orbán addressed a panel at the National Conservatism Conference on Tuesday. There, he talked about a handful of Europe’s most pressing problems.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has expressed his appreciation to Matteo Salvini, head of Italy’s League party, thanking him in a letter for his efforts of “benefitting Italy and the whole of Europe, including Hungary” during the migrant crisis.
„Auf dem Weg nach Ungarn, um ein neues Europa aufzubauen“, twitterte heute Morgen Matteo Salvini, Innenminister und Stellvertretender Ministerpräsident von Italien.
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini kicked off his visit to Hungary on Thursday by inspecting the fence on the country’s Serbian border with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
In his Friday morning interview on Kossuth radio, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán touched upon yesterday’s visit of Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Matteo Salvini, the Eastern Opening policy and the upcoming meeting with US President Donald Trump later this month.
“Departing for Hungary to build a new Europe,” Matteo Salvini, minister of interior and deputy prime minister of Italy, tweeted this morning.
1 May 2019
On the eve of Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini’s visit to Budapest tomorrow, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sat for an interview with the popular Italian daily La Stampa. In the interview, the prime minister discusses migration, the future of the European People’s Party, nationalism and a perspective on “three Europes”. Here are some highlights: