Prime Minister Viktor Orbán continued his two-week long consultation series on Monday at the National Roma Self-Government (ORÖ).

President of the National Roma Self Government Flórián Farkas, Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog, State Secretary in Charge of the Prime Minister's Office János Lázár and Member of Parliament József Varga, as well as the leaders of the National Roma Self-Government all took part at the consultation, the Prime Minister’s press chief Bertalan Havasi announced in a communiqué.

The parties reviewed the implementation of the cooperation agreement between the Government and the Roma Self-Government concluded in 2011 and determined common tasks for the next two years.

Following the consultation, the Prime Minister said at a press conference that the endeavour of integrating 5-5.5 million Hungarian taxpayer citizens into the labour market also necessitated the participation of the Roma population. He also noted that the involvement of the Roma Self-Government in decision-making on the Roma community has not been fully accomplished thus far, and so the government intends to set up a committee to evaluate the accomplishment of tasks related to the Roma people on a quarterly basis with the participation of the President of the Roma Self-Government.

(Prime Minister's Office)