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Budapest Times
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Budapest Times
Takács: Trump's return to office has helped increase visibility and legitimacy of Hungarian foreign policy in US
Szabolcs Takács, Hungary's ambassador to the US, said President Donald Trump's return to office has helped increase the visibility and legitimacy of Hungarian foreign policy in the United States, particularly with regard to its efforts to promote peace in the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. Addressing an event marking Hungarian Armed Forces Day in Washington on Wednesday, Takács said Trump's messaging on Ukraine and his efforts to broker an agreement were in line with Hungary's pro-peace stance, adding that Hungary was fully behind the peace efforts. Takács argued for preserving solidarity and unity within NATO in the current 'turbulent times', emphasising, at the same time, the need for it to remain a defence alliance and avoid getting involved in the conflict in Hungary's eastern neighborhood. David Baker, the US deputy assistant secretary of defense for European and NATO policy, also said that NATO must remain a defence alliance and return to its original function. He also highlighted his recent positive experiences from his visits to Hungary. Major General John C. Harris, the Adjutant General of the Ohio National Guard, highlighted the achievements of the partnership that has existed since 1993 between the military component he had been in charge of and the Hungarian Armed Forces. He said Hungarian Armed Forces Day highlighted the strength of US-Hungarian relations as a relationship between two allies linked by strategic political and diplomatic ties. The event at the Hungarian embassy was hosted by Takács and Hungary's two military attachés. It was attended by representatives of the new US administration as well as members of the diplomatic corps and leaders of military attaché offices in the US.
Budapest Times
06-05-2025
- Health
- Budapest Times
State Secretary: Pact between Brussels and Tisza Party is preventing renovation of ambulance stations and hospitals
"The Brussels elite is trying to help bring the Tisza Party to power at all costs, and in return, they'll carry out the orders they are given from the Brussels-based power centre," Peter Takács said. Peter Takács, the state secretary for health, said in Győr, in north-western Hungary, on Wednesday that the 'pact' between Brussels and Hungary's opposition Tisza Party led by Péter Magyar is preventing the renovation of ambulance stations and hospitals. A total of 54 ambulance stations have been built and 120 upgrades since Fidesz and the Christian Democrats came into power in 2010, Takács told a press conference, adding that this covered around 60 percent of the country's ambulance stations. 'We would like to continue down this path, but there's something that keeps slowing this process down,' the state secretary said. 'The Brussels elite is trying to help bring the Tisza Party to power at all costs, and in return, they'll carry out the orders they are given from the Brussels-based power centre,' Takács said.
