Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Radio Kossuth Good morning, Hungary! he talked about the government's latest measures in his program.
The Ószöd speech was a chilling moment in Hungarian politics, but it is also chilling that whoever caused this situation, deceived the voters, came to power with a lie, and then took people's money, is still at the head of the left, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told Kossuth On the radio.
The head of government reminded that, in addition to police violence, there were also very serious economic policy consequences of the fact that the government at that time clung to power, setting aside the interests of the country.
Viktor Orbán said that by restoring the thirteenth monthly pension next year, the government will also restore the last element, and with that we can leave the Gyurcsány system behind us for good.
"National consultation has become an important exercise in Hungarian politics"
- He told. We introduced it sometime in the 2010s and with great success, more than a million people sent their opinions back then.
Everyone in Hungary who thought they wanted to express their opinion about the important things ahead of us between two elections could do so.
People's lives do not continue as they were before the epidemic. We are facing difficult decades. We will live in an age of migrations and epidemics. That is also why we need to talk about things like whether we need a vaccine factory.
"We can create points of agreement with the national consultation"
he pointed out. Because of the consultation, I don't just assume what the Hungarian people think, I know exactly. When I negotiate in Brussels, I am not only speaking my own opinion, but also the people's.
The Prime Minister pointed out that there will be consequences after the consultation. One decision has already been made, so the loan moratorium will remain for those in need. According to Viktor Orbán, there will be a few more such decisions, but he will discuss this in parliament on Monday.
We made the commitment that we will come out of the crisis on an accelerated track. It wouldn't have happened by itself. With certain government measures, we aimed for 5.5 percent growth, and so far it seems that we will succeed. If we achieve it, we can do great things: they will get the next thirteenth pension back, we will release the sja for those under the age of 25.
"However, we have to work for this". We can only live on what we have worked for
he drew attention.
We have built a labor-based economy, which is why the European Union is important to us, because it gives Hungary a market. This is why we can build a work-based economy. Because we can sell what we produce in the Union.
We will be among the last in the union to quit once he finishes his career, he added.
"If we build the economy on aid, the country will eventually go bankrupt"
said the prime minister. The reconstruction money is a loan, but Brussels does not want to give this now, because we have a dispute about LGBTQ issues.
There will be a fourth wave, because I don't think that what has reached other countries will stop at the border here. The question is how severe it will be. That is why it is necessary to maintain the ability to act quickly. The state of extraordinary legal order will remain throughout the year, he explained. Quarantine and masks do not solve the problem, only vaccination does.
All epidemiological experts agree that the vaccine works, and if the vaccine works, so does Hungary. I encourage the elderly and the chronically ill to get vaccinated.
I can't force them to do it, because Hungarians can't stomach it. That way I can only encourage them
he added. This is a virus that also finds young people, so I encourage them to get vaccinated.
The Pope recently visited Hungary, where he talked for 40 minutes with Viktor Orbán and President János Áder.
The Pope could see that in Hungary, compared to Western Europe, Jewish life is free. In the West, very serious terrorist attacks are being committed against Jewish communities, and everyone knows it.
He came to Hungary because he wanted to visit us. This conversation also confirmed that, and the Holy Father also made it clear, that what we do to protect families is important. He said that we cannot allow ourselves to relativize families. According to him, the family is "mother, father, the children, period".
The Prime Minister said that according to Pope Francis, this is not even worth arguing about and encouraged the Hungarian government to continue its support for the families.
