Mailing of National Petition Starts This Week

The government’s initiative gives Hungarians the opportunity to make their voices heard. Through the national petition, they can say no to forcing Hungary to pay the costs of the Russia–Ukraine war. Prime Minister Viktor Orban presented the national petition last Saturday at the anti-war rally organized by the Digital Civic Circles, and mailing the questions will begin this week.

Gergely Gulyas, Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office, announced at last week’s government briefing that the national petition would start in early February. "We do not want to pay more for gas and gasoline. We do not want to pay for the war. And we do not want to pay for Ukraine. The Hungarian Left, meaning the Tisza Party and the Democratic Coalition (DK), cannot say no to Brussels on important issues," the minister pointed out. Responding to a a question from Magyar Nemzet at the January 15 government briefing, he explained that 

the national petition is important because it concerns an issue above party politics. The decisions that the European Union wants to make, or the decisions that Ukraine wants to push through the European Commission, are extremely costly covering ten years, and they do not even include military costs.

Cover photo: Prime Minister Viktor Orban presents the national petition (Photo: Prime Minister’s General Department of Communications/Zoltan Fischer)