The most important protective measure is vaccination - highlighted Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Kossuth radio's Good morning, Hungary program.
There was a successful vaccination campaign in the spring, with which we curbed the British mutant. The delta variant is now racing around the world, including in Hungary, which is much more serious than the British one. If everyone was vaccinated, it wouldn't cause much trouble.
The prime minister pointed out that the lives of the unvaccinated are in danger.
He could end up in the hospital, on a ventilator, or something more serious could happen to him, which is why Viktor Orbán is asking everyone to get vaccinated. Protective measures, such as wearing a mask, slow the spread, but do not protect. Only the vaccine protects you.
There will be 15 million vaccines in the country by the end of the year. The virus does not spread equally in all parts of the country, which is why employers had to be involved in defense. However, according to the head of government, the introduction of general mandatory vaccination is beyond the tolerance of Hungarians. We need arguments from workplace communities to accept the vaccine. As long as everyone is not vaccinated, this virus will spread - the prime minister stated.
Ten years ago, the average wage was as much as the minimum wage will be now.
If the rate of wage growth is not in line with the companies' solvency, the companies will go bankrupt. The government recommended to employers that if they accept the workers' demand for a 20 percent increase in the minimum wage, then the social security contribution to be paid for the workers will be reduced. This is how the negotiation took place, in the end they agreed on a significant tax reduction, which is how the minimum wage of HUF 200,000 was established, and the guaranteed minimum wage will also be HUF 260,000 from January. 10 years ago, during the Gyurcsány-Bajna period, the average wage was as much as the minimum wage will be now.
There is a recession in Europe
It is not an exaggeration to say that there is a recession in Europe, the price of gas and electricity has doubled or tripled, emphasized the Prime Minister. In Hungary, the prices did not rise because it was possible to break with the practice of meeting the needs of multis.
Viktor Orbán emphasized that the position of the left is that if prices rise on the market, then people should pay more - he added: The national government - it is national because it protects people - fixed the prices for households, in order to protect families and pensioners . As long as the Orbán government is behind the wheel, it will be like this. The left has already declared that they would raise it.
It's a crazy thing that Brussels is doing, he said. While prices are rising, they come up with a climate protection program that further increases prices. They admit this. In order for the climate to be protected, people should use less energy, drive less, and heat less, this is what Brussels bureaucrats say. This is no longer reasonable saving, it is an unnecessary intervention in people's everyday life, even though climate-destroying companies should be taxed.
In Hungary, they could not pass this on to consumers and families, because there are fixed utility prices.
By October, 92,000 illegal entries were prevented
We are in a marathon battle when it comes to migration, it started in 2015, when Hungary was the only one to say that we would build the border fence, which was built. Today, Greece, Bulgaria, Slovenia, and Lithuania, among others, have built fences. By October, we prevented 92,000 illegal entries, the number of attempts tripled or quadrupled. We protect not only the Hungarian border, but also the external border of Europe. It is a fair demand that the EU pays at least a part of the border fence. According to Viktor Orbán, there is a good chance that they will pay.
According to Brussels, migration is a good thing, it is necessary - pointed out the Prime Minister. They see us as flawed. To this, the Hungarian government says that then Germany and Sweden will accept the migrants, but they should not force anything on us. We are living in the age of epidemics and migrations, this will be with us for years.
Source: Magyar Hírlap
