Orbán: Fidesz continues to work closely together with Berlusconi’s party

Ruling Fidesz and Silvio Berlusconi’s party Forza Italia will continue to work closely together, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public media on Thursday.

Orbán held talks with Berlusconi, the leader of the party, and deputy party leader Antonio Tajani.

Orbán said after the meeting that European affairs, Italian-Hungarian relations and issues involving the European People’s Party had been discussed.

Concerning European affairs it was agreed that Fidesz and Forza Italia would continue to work closely together in the European Parliament and all other European institutions, Orbán said.

Concerning Italian-Hungarian relations Orbán said he discussed Hungary’s current economic policies which aim to attract investments involving state-of-the-art technology in Hungary and noted that Italian companies are expected to participate.

Berlusconi plans to visit Hungary with a business delegation and they will assess the investment possibilities, he said.

Orbán said that concerning the European People’s Party the sides noted that “within the people’s party we stand very close to each other, we both clearly oppose migration, we oppose tax increase, we oppose European economic decisions that deteriorate competitiveness and we oppose raising tax regulations to the level of the European Union”.