Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker received Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar with military honours in Vienna’s Ballhausplatz on Thursday.
Péter Magyar visited the Austrian chancellor in Vienna
The Hungarian prime minister is accompanied by Foreign Minister Anita Orbán, Environment Minister László Gajdos, Transport and Investment Minister Dávid Vitézy and Economy and Energy Minister István Kapitány. Magyar is scheduled to have talks with Stocker, to be followed by a plenary discussion between the Hungarian and Austrian delegations. The parties will hold a press conference after the talks.
Following an official working lunch with Austrian business representatives, Magyar will pay a courtesy visit to President Alexander Van der Bellen, and will also meet Johanna Mikl-Leitner, the governor of Lower Austria, in the afternoon, before returning to Budapest.
Chancellor claims Hungary will return to European Council as constructive member
Hungary, with Péter Magyar as its prime minister, is returning to the European Council as a constructive member, Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker said after talks with Magyar in Vienna on Thursday. Austria and Hungary want to open a new chapter in bilateral relations and have agreed to hold a joint cabinet meeting this year to explore further potential areas for cooperation, the chancellor said.
Stocker said the two countries faced shared challenges and had common goals, making it essential to maximise collaboration. He said the region was stronger united, adding that regional cooperation was vital for advancing long-term interests. This, he said, was also crucial for effective representation in Brussels.
The goal is to become one of the least corrupt EU country
Compared to other European countries Hungary will be among the least corrupt by the end of the government term, Prime Minister Péter Magyar said. At a press conference held jointly with Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker, Magyar said Hungary would “do its homework” concerning corruption and pledged to bring down “the threat of corruption or any corruption activities”.
Magyar said Hungary currently had the problem of politics intertwined with corruption, and for this reason, he had made it clear to his government members, his party’s deputies and members that
anyone stealing even a single forint in public funds will not get away with it. First, they will find themselves facing me, then before Hungary’s judicial system, which is now becoming independent, as well as before the new anti-corruption organisations.
Meanwhile, he said the asbestos contamination issue raised a number of questions, such as how it could have gone on for years, whether the authorities had been aware of the problem, had decision makers been notified, and had corruption been involved.
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Péter Magyar says committee probing asbestos contamination to start work on Monday
A joint Hungarian-Austrian committee will begin investigating asbestos contamination in western Hungary on Monday, Prime Minister Péter Magyar said after talks with Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker.
Thanking Austria for its flexibility, Magyar said he and Stocker were in agreement that “there is no room for evasion”, adding that full transparency and joint action were needed to tackle an issue affecting thousands of Hungarian families, writes Telex.
Highlighting the scale of the problem, the prime minister said that in some areas, asbestos levels in the air are 300 times the legal limit. “This is especially sad because the region had no prior asbestos contamination or related illnesses,” he said.
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