Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Public Administration and Justice Tibor Navracsics shared his belief that the conference, as part of which Polish and Hungarian lecturers discussed the Hungarian reforms in Lódz, attracted a great deal of positive interest.

At the conference organised by the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution of political and legal theory, most of the contributors spoke about the reforms in Hungary in a supportive or positive tone. The Deputy Prime Minister introduced the Hungarian Constitution and the history of its passage to an audience of more than a hundred university students and instructors. He also spoke about the country’s grave economic situation that had preceded the eruption of the economic crisis in Europe and the crisis of social trust that emerged in the wake of the Őszöd speech. The Deputy Prime Minister additionally outlined the economic policy measures of the past two years and the main issues of political debate in Hungary.

Dariusz Filar, Professor of the Gdansk University expressed his support, inter alia, for the new fiscal system and the rise in the pensionable age. He also agreed with the measures taken in relation to private pension funds, however, he criticised the justification of the measures. Zdzislaw Krasnodebski, a researcher at the University of Bremen criticised the double standards that the West applies in relation to Hungary. In his opinion, the country is being attacked because it is small, while the large countries tend to decide on the future of Europe increasingly. The last Polish speaker, Robert Gwiazdowski, representative of the Adam Smith Centre, too, evaluated Hungary’s economic policy in a positive light.

The Deputy Prime Minister paid a two-day visit to Poland. On Thursday, he met with the Polish Minister of Justice and then attended the opening of the Hungarian memorial exhibition dedicated to the memory of Polish historian and state secretary Andrzej Przewoznik, who was killed in the Smolensk air crash.

(Ministry of Public Administration and Justice)