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«We didn’t talk about party issues because we already closed on Monday in Brussels where we clarified that we follow national politics and cannot be part of a political family where there is a Romanian party that is anti-Hungarian. But we are committed to strengthening European right-wing parties even if we are not in the same group.” Thus the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the end of the bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at Palazzo Chigi. The original “project” of the EU “was not this, it was to involve everyone, large and small”. The current one «is a path not to be followed. We cannot support this party pact on top jobs.”
Meloni: I agree with Orban on many issues, including migration
«We share the focus on European competitiveness» of the Hungarian presidency, «but also European defense» and «the new approach to agricultural policies». Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said this in joint statements with Viktor Orban. Meloni also spoke about the «government of migratory flows» on which «we agree: the new European approach that has been consolidated in recent months must be consolidated» also at the push of Italy, i.e. «the defense of external borders and the fight against traffickers.” “There are many issues on which we agree”, comments the prime minister. «We agree that it is important to experiment with innovative solutions» and I quote «the Italy Albania protocol».
The Hungarian Prime Minister: we will support everything that Meloni has proposed
«We talked about illegal migration. You are closer to Africa than us, but migrants also come to us. In the next 20 years the African population will increase by 750 million people, a demographic balance twice that of Europe”, so either there is “a development project for Africa or there will be a mass migration that we will not be able to manage . We will support everything the prime minister has proposed.” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said this in joint statements with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
