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Millionth Citizenship Oath Taken AM DECEMBER 18, 2017 EDITORS: [email protected] ¬ WWW.HUNGARYMATTERS.HU MORNING ISSUE PHOTO OF THE DAY UPCOMING EVENTS Stats Office second estimate of October 2017 retail trade Human Resources Minister grants awards for promoting national minority issues Jobbik head Gábor Vona presser on party manifesto President Áder addresses Advent lunch with church leaders MTI/Zoltán Máthé Event marking arrival of first Wizzair service between Debrecen and Moscow Christmas fair at St Stephen’s Basilica TOP STORY MILLIONTH CITIZENSHIP OATH TAKEN A ceremony was held in which the millionth ethnic Hungarian was granted Hungarian citizenship under the government’s dual citizenship programme. “We are now celebrating the unity of our political nation,” President János Áder said in his address at the ceremony in the presidential Sándor Palace, where Vojvodina farmer Miklós Lajkó and his wife took their oath of citizenship. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Speaker of Parliament László Kövér also attended. Lajkó and his wife “have shown us what being Hungarian means; they wanted to be Hungarian citizens because they consider themselves Hungarian, their mother tongue is Hungarian, they went to a Hungarian school and their ancestors were Hungarian,” the president said. “We, in the mother country, should do no more than thank them for all that, thank them for preserving the faith and love of the homeland from generation to generation; for loving in Hungarian, working in Hungarian, speaking Hungarian to their children and having Hungarian dreams,” the president said. The Hungarian parliament passed a government-initiated dual citizenship law in 2011 aimed at ensuring fast-track Hungarian citizenship for Hungarians living abroad, mostly to ethnic Hungarians in neighbouring countries. Hungary Matters is an English-language newsletter produced and distributed by the Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund (MTVA) with content provided by Duna Media Service Provider exercises copyright over all content. No part of this publication may be copied, reproduced, redistributed or transmitted without prior written permission from the publisher, with the exception of copies made by individuals for private use, educational purposes or scholarly research, provided that such transmissions do not exceed the extent justified by the purpose and are not aimed at financial gain, even indirectly, and the source name are indicated at all times. All rights reserved. Enquiries should be made to the English Help Desk at +361 441 9340 For MTI’s real time coverage please visit http://english.mti.hu, http://econews.hu DECEMBER 18, 2017 MORNING ISSUE AM personally -- strength, thus making it capacity as NKE rector and the head of ‘NATIONAL CONSENSUS possible for us to successfully repel the national election committee. PREVAILS’ the attacks last night … that almost Patyi said he was shocked not only managed once again to undermine about the number of attacks but also Setting aside the views of extremist Hungary’s sovereignty.” “We prevented about “their crude nature which lack parties, a national consensus now the council from making decisions any professionalism”. He said attacks prevails on the issue of dual citizenship, that would have resulted in the against him conflated his roles as rector and Hungarians beyond the borders resettlement of foreigners in Hungary and head of the election office. This, who have become naturalised are as migrants. We managed to prevent he said, was borne out by a leaked part of the Hungarian nation in terms this, but in order to do this, we needed list of public figures in which he was of public law, the leader of the ruling the unanimous will of millions of singled out as someone who “prevents Fidesz party’s parliamentary group said Hungarians,” Orbán said. referendums”. LMP has made numerous at a news conference the day after the failed attempts to launch referendums millionth ethnic Hungarian took up UNIVERSITY HEAD SEES on the expansion of the Paks nuclear Hungarian citizenship. Gergely Gulyás ‘CONCERTED CAMPAIGN’ power plant, he noted. said naturalisation had brought about BEHIND LMP’S ‘ATTACKS’ Patyi said the NKE drew EU funding in a public bond between the parts of cooperation with at least fifty partners, the Hungarian nation that had become Responding to political opposition including 15 universities. Hadházy’s separated from the motherland and the accusations of financial impropriety, “empty attacks” were therefore “made Hungarian state. No longer is the validity András Patyi, the rector of the National against the scientific community”, he of extending dual citizenship debated, Public Service University (NKE), insisted. He dismissed the accusations even by those who had campaigned complained that he and the university regarding spending on “unnecessary against the move in the December were victims of a “concerted” smear research” and “overpricing”. NKE 2004 referendum, he said. “It is clear that campaign against them. does not employ subcontractors and nothing said at the time to alarm people Green opposition LMP co-leader the projects only make use of NKE has actually come to pass,” he added. Ákos Hadházy has accused the NKE of employees and other higher education soliciting EU funding multiple times institutions as well as government ORBÁN EXPRESSES for identical projects, overpricing offices, he added. THANKS TO PARTICIPANTS and unjustified spending. He said EU Patyi accused LMP of fabricating IN ‘NATIONAL auditors had raised the alarm over news of an EU audit. The EU only asked CONSULTATION’ “extremely serious abuses” suspected certain questions which the university at the university, adding that Patyi may answered, and the issue was closed, he Prime Minister Viktor Orbán expressed bear criminal responsibility. said. Patyi said LMP’s attacks would not thanks to those Hungarians who Patyi said in a statement at the prevent the university from continuing participated in the government’s weekend that the university “has its “diverse educational activities, “National Consultation” survey. nothing to hide” and was open to research and developments that aim In a video message posted on investigation. to improve the competitiveness of Facebook after the Brussels summit, LMP recently published a list of public Hungary’s public administration”. The he said: “I’d like to thank Hungarians figures that the party plans to make construction of the NKE Ludovika who participated in the national the subject of criminal proceedings, Campus will continue, he said. This consultation. They gave us -- and me and Patyi was on the list both in his includes revamping a one-time fencing Hungary Matters is an English-language newsletter produced and distributed by the Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund (MTVA) with content provided by Duna Media Service Provider exercises copyright over all content. No part of this publication may be copied, reproduced, redistributed or transmitted without prior written permission from the publisher, with the exception of copies made by individuals for private use, educational purposes or scholarly research, provided that such transmissions do not exceed the extent justified by the purpose and are not aimed at financial gain, even indirectly, and the source name are indicated at all times. All rights reserved. Enquiries should be made to the English Help Desk at +361 441 9340 2 For MTI’s real time coverage please visit http://english.mti.hu, http://econews.hu DECEMBER 18, 2017 MORNING ISSUE AM club and building public sport facilities the press conference that most “human smugglers” organised illegal in Orczy Park where the university is global risks were linked to human migration in cooperation with NGOs, located, he added. activities and modes of prevention while German Chancellor Angela Hadházy said in response that if Patyi should be given more focus. Climate Merkel “extended a free invitation to had nothing to hide, then he should change, he warned, is connected migrants without asking her own fellow make public the questions raised by to natural disasters, terrorism and citizens or other member states.” the EU controllers and the university’s migration. He said hopefully the House Speaker László Kövér said responses concerning the use of EU new foundation would contribute in his address that the upcoming funds by the institution. In a statement, effectively to combatting global general election in Hungary could the LMP politician said that contrary risks and the consequences of “decide Europe’s fate”. He insisted to Patyi’s claims that LMP’s criticisms climate change. that Hungary’s position in Europe is were purely political, the authorities “stronger than the size of its population had started an investigation against SEMJÉN HIGHLIGHTS or the output of its economy” and the university for abuse of funds. RESPONSIBILITY therefore it is a crucial country for the At a press conference on May 8, FOR EUROPE EU to preserve “its Christian character”. the university’s leaders said they had That is why, he said, “Hungary is being published all documents concerning Zsolt Semjén, leader of the co-ruling attacked” by “certain institutions and development projects that had Christian Democratic party, highlighted bureaucrats” of the EU, most of whom come under attack on the university “responsibility for Europe’s future” in are “in the pockets of George Soros”. website. Patyi stated they involved no his address to the board of his party. “For some it is scandalous to refer irregularities. Semjén said “Brussels was to national history, traditions and a endangering Christian civilisation” national identity, to Christian roots or PRESIDENT ÁDER SETS UP and Christian values were being to stipulate that marriage is made for BLUE PLANET CLIMATE “deliberately destroyed by anti- life between a man and woman,” he PROTECTION FOUNDATION clerical, anti-family and anti- added. nationalist attitudes”. Referring to President János Áder announced “Jacobin, communist, liberal and BALOG CALLS ON EU the establishment of a Blue Planet 1968 ideologies”, Semjén said they COUNTRIES (Kék Bolygó) Foundation aimed at were rooted in free masonry and TO SHOW ‘APPROPRIATE preventing climate change.
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