PM Orbán holds an extraordinary press conference today – UPDATED

PM Viktor Orbán is to be the guest of the regular press conference his chief of staff, Gergely Gulyás, and government spokeswoman Alexandra Szentkirályi hold.

The Hungarian prime minister is prepared to answer the questions of foreign and Hungarian journalists based on the invitation of his press office. The press conference is scheduled to start at 10 am in the Carmelite Monastery in Buda Castle, where his office is located.

The other partakers will be Gergely Gulyás and Zoltán Kovács, the state secretary for international communication and relations.

Orbán’s press chief reminded all that such end-year press conferences had become a tradition since 2019. The Hungarian prime minister is expected to answer all questions and the conference may last several hours, index.hu wrote.

UPDATE (10.16 am)

They said that they expect Orbán to talk about the energy crisis, the latest sanctions package of Brussels, the migration and its effects and the current situation of the EU funds.

The prime minister instead started with a History analysis. He stated that after 1989-1990 marking the change of the regime in Hungary, 2022 was the most challenging year for the country.

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Source: MTI