Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stressed after the 14 May 2012 faction meeting of the governing Fidesz-KDNP alliance that Parliament must remain in session until mid-July under any circumstances because the situation in Europe may require decisions which may involve Parliament. At the meeting, the Prime Minister also proposed a new Fidesz faction leader in the person of Antal Rogán.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán informed Tamás Fellegi that he would initiate his release from his mandate as Minister Without Portfolio with the President of the Republic effective as of 1 June 2012.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announces long-predicted changes in his government on public radio.
Viktor Orbán had talks with Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic today in Budapest. At the press conference held after the meeting, the Hungarian Prime Minister said Hungary has always considered it a moral issue, an historical obligation to support Croatia’s integration efforts, whether military or economic.
The Hungarian Prime Minister paid a two-day visit to Kazakhstan where he spoke of the importance of Hungary opening towards the East at the plenary meeting held with Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov on Friday in Astana. According to Viktor Orbán, there is significant demand for the development of economic relations between Hungary and Kazakhstan.
Hungary and China signed seven agreements. The agreements were signed on Tuesday in the Parliament Building in the presence of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Chinese Deputy Premier Li Keqiang.
Viktor Orbán and György Matolcsy, Minister for National Economy, Government Commissioner for Hungarian-Chinese Relations attended a round-table discussion of Chinese and Central- and Eastern-European Premiers in the Polish capital on Thursday where they also met with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Ficó and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
At today’s informal meeting, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the President of the European Commission, Mr. José Manuel Barroso held an exchange of views about the issues under discussion between Hungary and the European Commission. Prime Minister Orbán informed the President of the Commission about the intentions of the Government in relation with these issues.
On 23 April Prime Minister Viktor Orbán took part in a workshop at the European Policy Centre in Brussels where he spoke about the general political and economic situation in Europe, and Hungary’s goals within that.
A new bio-technology plant for the pharmaceutical company Richter Gedeon was opened in Debrecen on Thursday. The project is worth HUF 25bn. At the opening ceremony, the Prime Minister said that this and similar projects indicate that Hungary has begun to recover from the failures of the past and to move forward.