Government information: The Chinese president is coming to Hungary – LIVE

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The minister in charge of the Prime Minister’s Office said: it is clear that if one monitors the price changes of recent years, we will pay the price of the war in gasoline and diesel. It is also certain that these war prices will be significantly reduced when there is peace. That is why the goal of the Hungarian government is to make it no longer possible to profit from war prices.

“If we look at the price of gasoline and diesel in the context of the region, and the KSH publishes this weekly, we can see that Hungarian gasoline prices are higher than the average of neighboring countries. Previously, we negotiated with the Mineral Oil Association to prevent such a situation from occurring. The Mineral Oil Association also recognized the legitimacy of this demand, so we would like it to become a reality. Therefore, the government is calling on Hungarian fuel dealers to bring prices down to the average price of neighboring countries. The data provided by KSH enable the control,

he said.

“After twenty years, such a summit will take place in Budapest. We believe that it is in the interest of the Hungarian economy and thus of Hungary to maintain good economic relations with as many as possible. We see that China is one of the world’s leading powers, unfortunately, due to the weakness of the European Union, we can slowly say that it is one of the two and not the three” said the minister.

“The United States, the European Union and China represent a significant force in the world economy today. Unfortunately, China is already stronger than the European Union. Hungary believes that it is not worthwhile to set ideological limits in economic relations. We are happy that the Chinese president is visiting Hungary for two days.

Foreign Minister Szijjártó will primarily provide information on these” said Gulyás.

Regarding the new child protection package and whether the left will vote for it, he said:

The investigation into the capital’s alleged near-bankruptcy situation is warranted, said Gulyás. The Hungarian State Treasury will conduct this. Regarding the bridge money scandal, he said: the capital’s leadership should answer whether they consider corruption as part of public procurement, which they consider to be exemplary.

In connection with the resolution condemning our country, adopted by the European Parliament on Wednesday, he remarked: it has the same importance as the previous ones. He drew attention to the fact that one of the representatives of Momentum suggested that the funds necessary for the teacher salary increase should not be disbursed.

It has only happened once in 25 years that the Ministry of Justice did not object to a presidential pardon – the minister justified the cancellation of the objection, saying that the head of state can decide independently in these cases. The minister too

As to why the government does not reduce the amount of tax in the gasoline price, the minister said:

Gulyás did not wish to comment further on his mysterious comment about Péter Magyar, made in the previous Government Info. At the same time, he said: there is a struggle within the left, which does not affect the government side. I see a great upheaval on the left, the same cannot be seen on the right, he noted. About Magyar, he said that in the nineties he was still a SZDSZ sympathizer, then there was another era and now there is a new one

Gulyás said, adding that he was able to report what he had said so far in relation to the case. I knew it was a horribly bad marriage, but I didn’t know if physical violence had taken place, he said when asked by the journalist what his view was on the marriage of Judit Varga and Péter Magyar.

In connection with the recently announced child protection strictures, when asked by Mandiner, he did not rule out the possibility of initiating another infringement procedure against Hungary, but expressed his hope that this would not happen. He emphasized that it is a matter under national competence, and moreover, these are measures taken to prevent pedophile crimes. However, Brussels’ steps cannot be calculated.

We are confident that Alexandra Szentkirályi will be the new mayor of Budapest – she said to the recurring question whether it is possible that the Fidesz candidate will be dropped in favor of Dávid Vitézy.

The agreement has been discussed, but a protocol-level procedure still needs to be conducted, he added.

Regarding the Erasmus program, he expressed hope that the dispute would be resolved through negotiations. Regarding the fact that the affected model-changing universities are filing a lawsuit at the European Court of Justice, he said: although the court is biased on the side of the European Union, this is such an obvious violation of the law that the universities do not stand a chance.

The government will probably file a lawsuit against SPAR in court for defamation, said Gulyás in response to our question.

As to whether it is expected that our country will play a more active role in the peace process with the consecutive EU presidency, he said: the government is striving for this, but we cannot change the fact that our weight and international role is as great as it is.

Gulyás emphasized.