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Budapest Times
28-07-2025
- Politics
- Budapest Times
Deputy PM: Tisza Party is an empty vessel bereft of ideas
Zsolt Semjén said the Tisza Party was incapable of saying anything meaningful about any relevant issue. Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén said the opposition Tisza Party is an empty vessel bereft of ideas, and all it can do is hurl hatred and slander at Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. During a podium discussion at the 34th Balvanyosi Summer Free University and Student Camp in Baile Tusnad (Tusnadfurdo) on Thursday, Deputy PM Semjén said the Tisza Party was incapable of saying anything meaningful about any relevant issue. 'They don't have party experts, which is why they're not setting up a shadow government,' he said, adding that Tisza could not name their candidates for Hungary's 106 individual constituencies 'because they don't have 106 people' available as candidates. He said the 2026 general election would be won by parties that win 60 individual electoral districts and do well on national party lists, 'especially if the Hungarians in Transylvania, too, support them'. Commenting on Hungarian-Romanian bilateral relations, he said much closer cooperation should be maintained between the two countries, which would serve the interests of both Hungary and Romania and therefore the interests of Transylvanian Hungarians, too. President of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania, Hunor Kelemen, told the podium discussion that it was a fundamental interest of Transylvanian Hungarians to strengthen bilateral relations and make dialogue permanent. He said he had attended the informal meeting of Orbán and Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan on Wednesday evening. He added that the two prime ministers had immediately found a common wavelength and had been able to consult about important issues. The nearly two-hour meeting was characterised by mutual respect and sincere dialogue, he said.
Budapest Times
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Budapest Times
PM Orbán holds talks with RMDSZ leader
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met with Kelemen Hunor, the leader of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (RMDSZ), in his office on Monday. According to MTI , PM Orbán said the Hungarian government welcomed the unity shown by the Transylvanian Hungarian community in preventing an 'anti-Hungarian president' from coming to power in Romania. The prime minister said his government was prepared to cooperate with Nicusor Dan, Romania's president-elect, adding that they will continue to consider RMDSZ's position as the basis for Hungarian-Romanian ties.
Budapest Times
12-02-2025
- Politics
- Budapest Times
President Sulyok: Our borders are protected by well-prepared police and border guards
The president said that those protecting the border had exactly the right equipment necessary to carry out their professional duties. President Tamás Sulyok said Hungarians can sleep safely knowing that 'our borders are protected by well-prepared' police and border guards. After visiting the Hungarian-Romanian and Hungarian-Serbian borders, President Sulyok said exercising control over people entering Hungarian territory plays a part in protecting 'our constitutional order'. He praised the 'dedicated work' of law enforcement working day in, day out'. The president added that those protecting the border had exactly the right equipment necessary to carry out their professional duties. Local police chiefs briefed the president on changes made at the Nagylak border police station after Romania's accession to the Schengen area. Cooperation with their Romanian counterparts, they told him, was 'exemplary'. At Roszke, around 300 personnel are involved in protecting the 61 km Serbian-Hungarian border section assisted by Austrian and Turkish police, while equipment used includes thermal cameras with a range of 8-10 km, and 200 cameras are installed along the border fence, supported by drone units. In addition, there are boat patrols along the River Tisza. The president was told that human smugglers had tried to dig tunnels, climb ladders and taken illegal migrants across the River Tisza. Others tried to cut through the border fence. Also, there were constant attacks on border guards, a local police chief said. President Sulyok was also briefed on 'good relations' with the Serbian authorities and plans to introduce one-stop checks that already exist at smaller crossings, which means there would be no need to build new crossings but use existing infrastructure more efficiently.
