The Inauguration Of New Lego Factory In Nyíregyháza

Budapest, March 25 (MTI) – Hungary welcomes all investments that can help the country turn itself into a centre of production, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said at the inauguration of the Danish Lego group’s 200 million euro plant in Nyiregyhaza, east Hungary today.

The big plant was completed in record speed, in a year, while it is one of the most cutting-edge plants in the world, Orban said. He praised Lego for being family enterprise to this very day, and added that Denmark had always been Hungary’s friend, supporting the country and this investment, too.

Later in the day, the prime minister was interviewed by local television, and called for an economic policy in which “each part of the country has room, in which nobody or no place is unnecessary”. He referred to putting together a Lego toy and said that just as all pieces are needed, “there is no underdeveloped or hopeless town, if not fully developed as yet, or has not yet utilised its potential”.

Orban spoke about Nyiregyhaza and said it was “fast developing, respectable and strong, radiating power to the whole county” surrounding it. The prime minister said that Nyiregyhaza’s development projects totalled 170 billion forints, the city focusing on job creation as a top priority.