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Here's my response Tagesspiegel refused to publish
A Tagesspiegel editor got several facts terribly wrong in his article, so I submitted a right of reply the same day. A week has passed since and Tagesspiegel still wouldn't...
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PM Orbán: Europe has not surrendered to Soros
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”.
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Der Sieg der Vernunft
Brüssel ist nicht in der Lage, Ungarn mit Geld zu erpressen, es gibt keine neue Waffe gegen uns.
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EU talks a 'great success' for Hungary
Gergely Gulyás said the Hungarian government’s aim had been clear throughout the talks: the EU support must not be made conditional on rule-of-law criteria.
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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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The victory of common sense
Brussels is not able to blackmail Hungary with money, there is no new weapon against us.
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PM Orbán: Good chance of victory for Hungary and Poland in EU budget
PM Orbán said Hungary and Poland both regard keeping to the EU’s basic treaty and its provisions highly important.
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FM: Hungary and Poland committed to cooperation in planned veto of EU budget
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.
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Prime Minister Orbán responds to Manfred Weber: 'The truth, dear Manfred, is completely the opposite'
EPP group leader Manfred Weber stated in an online press conference on December 3 that the notorious rule of law mechanism, designed to force Member States into altering their stance on key policy areas, is not being set up expressly against Hungary and Poland. According to PM Orbán, however, the truth is completely the opposite. The following is the official, English language transcript of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's response to Weber.
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State Secretary: Responsibility lies with EU to resolve budget standoff
“Poland and Hungary did not change their positions for the past four months,” Kovács told the BBC World Service program Business Daily.
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PM Orbán: EU budget veto to protect the interests of the Hungarian people
“I can’t risk having positions forced on Hungary that the Hungarian people would disapprove of,” the prime minister said.
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PM Orbán: Proponents of tying financial matters to political questions will “ruin several EU countries”
“We will stick to the position we took in the summer: EU countries with high debt-to-GDP ratio will find themselves in big trouble. The second wave of the coronavirus won’t go easy on them,” PM Orbán said in an interview with Kossuth Rádió this morning. Besides EU affairs, the PM talked about George Soros and his influence on European politics, the coronavirus vaccine and the potential coronavirus situation in Hungary during Christmas.
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PM Orbán: This debate is not about money
After his one-day visit to Hungary, Polish Prime Minister Mateus Morawiecki and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán addressed a joint press conference on the Hungarian-Polish veto on the Multiannual Financial Framework of the European Union and the Next Generation recovery fund. The two heads of government also signed a common statement on their position.