Hungary opened new consular office in France!
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Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó inaugurated a Hungarian consular office in Lyon on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said in a statement. The statement quoted Szijjártó as saying that the new consulate will facilitate that some 20,000 Hungarians living in the region could participate in Hungary’s upcoming parliamentary election.
Szijjártó called the election and the simultaneous referendum on child protection rules “crucial”, and said it would be “important that every Hungarian’s opinion is reflected in the decision to be brought collectively on Hungary’s future”. According to the statement,
Hungarian nationals will have polls at 146 locations worldwide to cast their vote on April 3.
The Hungarian government aims to “make the lives of Hungarians easier wherever they are in the world”, Szijjártó said, adding that “it could not be achieved unless we are physically present at crucial locations, and Lyon and southern France are such places”.