"The coronavirus epidemic has turned everyone's life upside down, not only health, but also serious economic challenges, and as a result, humanity is on the threshold of a new world political and economic era, of which Hungary wants to be one of the winners," said Péter Szijjártó in Zalaegerszeg, where METRANS The group is building a new logistics center with HUF 16 billion. The government provided HUF 4 billion in support for the investment, which will create 120 new jobs.
The foundation stone of METRANS Group's new container terminal in Zalaegerszeg was laid on Friday morning. This will create a new logistics center in Hungary, which will not only increase the region's ability to attract investment, but will also create 120 new jobs in Zalaegerszeg, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade writes in its announcement.
The government is providing approximately HUF 4 billion in support for the nearly HUF 16 billion development.
At the foundation stone ceremony, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó spoke about the fact that the basic condition for successful investment promotion is the existence of good logistics facilities, the cost of transporting and warehousing products is an important aspect for company managers, and currently only Hungary has container terminals that are suitable in all respects in Budapest, which is why it is extremely important now started Zalaegerszeg project.
He also added that the coronavirus epidemic has turned everyone's life upside down, not only health, but also serious economic challenges, and as a result, humanity is on the threshold of a new world political and economic era, of which Hungary wants to be one of the winners.
Péter Szijjártó noted that the opposition would have dealt with the crisis with austerity, but the government chose a different path and did everything to prevent the masses from losing their jobs, as well as so that companies could prepare for the period when market demand he finds himself again.
If we had allowed ourselves to be persuaded into a left-wing type of solution, we would not realistically have such goals today," the minister emphasized, adding that since the regime change, there have never been as many people working in Hungary as today.
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