ORBÁN: ’WE DO NOT REPRESENT OUR INTERESTS’

Yesterday in Brussels Viktor Orbán, chairman of Fidesz held a press briefing about the achievements of the present Hungarian government, calling the past years ’idled away’ claiming that Budapest did not represent its interests in a proper way.

According to Mr Orbán this has resulted in a situation similar to that of Romania. He said the most important issue was to enhance employment because Europe could not compete if there were people who could not work. He also referred to the demographical problems of the European Union and said the EU sources should help Hungary in enhancing its competitiveness, productivity, and the rise of the standard of living. He criticized the blunders and the uncertainty of the government in the true representation of the interests of the country and he said it was most unfortunate that the past three years had been ’idled away’. ’The years between 2007 and 2013 will be crucial for Hungary’, he said, adding that the demographical problems should be solved not by immigration but by more childbirths.

Translated by Péter Szentmihályi Szabó