Fidesz: Europe does not have the wisdom of the Hungarian government
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Hungary has a fundamental disagreement with the majority of the European Union’s member states, but instead of aiming for a solution, the powerful EU countries are attempting to use “harsh and unacceptable forms of blackmail” against Hungary, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office said on Thursday.
Hungary has long said that the war in Ukraine is not a solution, and that a ceasefire and peace talks are needed, Gergely Gulyás told a regular government press briefing. But, he insisted, most EU member states were “pro-war”.
Gulyás said fundamental change was needed in Brussels to allow for “a change in tone” within the bloc, adding that the European Parliament elections this summer would give EU citizens a chance to express their opinion.
He said Prime Minister Viktor Orban was busy holding talks on the sidelines of today’s EU summit in Brussels, adding that the prime minister still aimed to reach an agreement while taking national interests into consideration, “but it is not certain that this will happen”.
Teachers’ pay rise
The interior ministry has arranged for 140,000 teachers to receive the documents needed for the pay rise within less than two weeks, Gulyás said, adding that teachers at public schools would receive their increased wages by Monday at the latest.
Gulyás said the 32.2 percent wage hike would “help everybody to a rise”. The recent pay rise will see teachers’ gross average monthly wage rise to 652,000 forints (EUR 1,700), or 71.8 percent of the average wage of degree holders, Gulyás said. The minister said the pay hike was financed from the central budget, but the European Union had promised to reimburse the government. The cabinet has vowed to increase teachers’ salaries to 80 percent of the average wage of degree holders by 2030, with the EU covering 12 percent of the pay hikes, he added.
Concerning teachers’ unions, Gulyás said they had to be “handled carefully” because “it is not easy to determine if they promote teachers’ interests or work against them . they had done everything at international forums to prevent the pay hike.”
Hungarian health service
On another subject, Gulyás said Hungary’s health service would continue to offer screening newborn babies for SMA. He said the central budget had allocated a total 450 million forints (EUR 1.17m) for this purpose in 2024.
Gulyás said the screenings would continue to be offered at Szeged University, at Budapest’s Semmelweis University and at the Bethesda Paediatric Hospital “to each baby if requested”.
Interesting to see if teachers actuslly see any money added on their bank account. For sone reason, I doubt it…
If Hungarians are so different to EU, why on earth they just don’t leave it? huxit and everyone happy
The EU can do without Hungary. Hungary cannot do without the EU.
Yet – all the other twenty six (26) Members are wrong, our Politicians are right! And I note there is nobody else in our corner (other than a bit of lip service from Mr. Fico)
Yes WISE Hungary again joins the side that will help… let’s see the WISE Hungarians still celebrate joining Hitler in hopes of a post war land grab. Do we suspect the same with Putin? Of course that little corner of Ukraine is rally Hungary or?
Wisdom and Hungarian don’t really seem to fit together… and sorry if a picture is worth a thousand words, the Italian teacher in chains… I mean there is a scary terrorist and to think she was fighting against neo-Nazis in Orban’s Budapest. Silly girl of course your tethered with chains. Rat infested… maybe not but I do imagine a night visitor or two… but that’s not infested, or? Perhaps she was referring to Hungary in general, or the politicians who allow the Nazis celebrations?
Hungary survived without the EU for over 1000 years. It may be difficult for a while, but Hungary will survive. You will never see a Hungarian PM begging all over the world.
Yes, the 26 nations are making erroneous decisions; decisions controlled by globalists and brain-washed socialist.