Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stressed after the 14 May 2012 faction meeting of the governing Fidesz-KDNP alliance that Parliament must remain in session until mid-July under any circumstances because the situation in Europe may require decisions which may involve Parliament. At the meeting, the Prime Minister also proposed a new Fidesz faction leader in the person of Antal Rogán.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán informed Tamás Fellegi that he would initiate his release from his mandate as Minister Without Portfolio with the President of the Republic effective as of 1 June 2012.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announces long-predicted changes in his government on public radio.
Viktor Orbán had talks with Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic today in Budapest. At the press conference held after the meeting, the Hungarian Prime Minister said Hungary has always considered it a moral issue, an historical obligation to support Croatia’s integration efforts, whether military or economic.
The Hungarian Prime Minister paid a two-day visit to Kazakhstan where he spoke of the importance of Hungary opening towards the East at the plenary meeting held with Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov on Friday in Astana. According to Viktor Orbán, there is significant demand for the development of economic relations between Hungary and Kazakhstan.
Hungary and China signed seven agreements. The agreements were signed on Tuesday in the Parliament Building in the presence of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Chinese Deputy Premier Li Keqiang.