Ministers Judit Varga, Csaba Lantos, János Lázár, Mihály Varga, István Nagy, Péter Szijjártó and Tibor Navracsics have announced that they will not continue their activities on the boards of trustees of university trust foundations from February 15, and they also expect all government officials to do the same. Until now, the Hungarian government was ready to make reasonable compromises with the EU, so it also supported those requests that had no legal basis - said Gergely Gulyás, the minister in charge of the Prime Minister's Office, in today's Government Info.

At the end of the government meeting on Wednesday, Ministers Judit Varga, Csaba Lantos, János Lázár, Mihály Varga, István Nagy, Péter Szijjártó and Tibor Navracsics announced that they will not continue their activities on the boards of trustees of university trust foundations from February 15, Gergely Gulyás, the Minister in charge of the Prime Minister's Office, said at a press conference on Thursday. , In Budapest.

The head of the department stated: "we also expect all government officials to act in this way", so this applies to state secretaries, deputy state secretaries, state secretaries for public administration, ministerial commissioners, government commissioners.

Gergely Gulyás said: the Hungarian government has so far been ready to make reasonable compromises with the EU, that is, it also supported those requests that had no legal basis - and

"a significant part of the European Commission's requests are those that have no basis in Community law at all" - but Hungary's interests were not harmed. "The European Commission should only be allowed to make demands based on Community law, but we are over that a long time ago"

said the minister.

27 survivors have been rescued so far by the Hungarian rescue organizations

After the three-day government meeting in Sopron, Prime Minister Gergely Gulyás reported that the tragic earthquake in Turkey was discussed at the government meeting.

The minister in charge of the Prime Minister's Office presented the data provided by the Ministry of the Interior: Since Monday morning, the Turkish authorities and civil organizations have been carrying out rescue operations with more than 110,000 search and rescue teams, soldiers, police, medical professionals, volunteers, and more than 5,500 special rescue vehicles and machines in the on site.

Rescue organizations from more than 50 countries, consisting of nearly 5,700 members, are already working in the area affected by the earthquake.

Hungarian rescue teams have so far rescued a total of 27 survivors, and dozens of bodies have been found in various parts of Hatay province in Turkey.

There are no Hungarian victims of the earthquake, the 16 affected citizens have been contacted and they are all fine.

Recession is avoidable

The recession is avoidable, it is realistic that the Hungarian economy will expand by 1.5 percent this year, said Gergely Gulyás. The head of the ministry called this year's most important task to suppress inflation, protect jobs and prevent the economy from sinking into recession.

The government and the majority of analytical institutes also agree that this is a realistic objective, so the recession can be avoided, he emphasized. He added that more and more people are supporting the government's forecast that the 1.5 percent economic growth is not "treasury optimism" but a realistic estimate, perhaps not even optimistic.

For long-term growth, it is essential to continue industrial and agricultural development, and for this it is very important to have enough energy, Gergely Gulyás pointed out. He also reported that the country's energy strategy until 2030, presented by Energy Minister Csaba Lantos, was separately dealt with during the three-day government meeting. Nuclear energy, renewable energies, including solar energy, will continue to play a significant role in this, and network development is also necessary, he explained.

We fulfill what we promised to pensioners and employees

Despite the economic crisis affecting the whole of Europe, Hungary is fulfilling what it promised to pensioners and workers, Gergely Gulyás said. The head of the ministry said that despite the high inflation of the past year and the sanctions response to the war, the government is fulfilling its promise: the average wage increase for employees was quite a few percent higher than the inflation rate, and in the case of pensioners, they are confident that the January The 15 percent pension increase that took place in the first half of the year could, in the case of a good scenario, be higher than inflation for the whole year.

He emphasized that the 13th monthly pension, increased by inflation, will also be paid.

He drew attention to the fact that, while the Gyurcsány-Bajnai government took away the 13th month pension during the 2008-2009 economic crisis, the current cabinet returned it, maintains the 13th month pension and increased it with inflation.

Hungary is still pro-peace

It is in everyone's interest to avoid the "war situation resulting from Russian aggression" from expanding into a world war; that's why Hungary is still pro-peace and will remain so in the future, declared the minister leading the Prime Minister's Office. Explaining the Hungarian position, Gergely Gulyás explained: we have always "condemned Russian aggression and financially supported Ukraine, provided humanitarian aid, accepted refugees" without any upper limit.

He emphasized: the Hungarian position is unique in that we "don't send" weapons, because this could only be done through Transcarpathia, and Transcarpathia has not been involved in the war so far, "and it is in the interest of all of us, if only because of the Hungarians living there, that it remains so." .

He also spoke about the fact that they did not support the sanctions, especially the energy measures, because "we were not punishing Russia, but primarily ourselves."

Civilek.info / MTI

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