Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén considers the issue regarding his theses written at the Eötvös Lóránd University (ELTE) and at the Péter Pázmány Catholic University "finally and officially" closed, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister's press chief stated. The Deputy Prime Minister noted the findings of ELTE University’s three-member committee, but rejects the ethical accusations against him.

Péter Pázmány University examined the thesis that the Deputy Prime Minister had written at the institution and stated that the process through which he was awarded a PhD had been justified.

On Friday, ELTE’s committee announced Deputy Prime Minister Semjén's sociology thesis dated 1992 contained "textual overlaps" with work published later by his supervisor Attila Károly Molnár, as well as with a thesis he wrote earlier in theology at Péter Pázmány Catholic University. She added however that the 1992 university guidelines gave no authority to proceed in cases where a degree had already been awarded.

(Prime Minister’s Office)