Viktor Orban: Central Europe is in a period of great creation, we stand on the verge of a true central European renaissance

Wednesday, June 13, 2018
By Paul Martin

By HUNGARY JOURNAL
VoiceOfEurope.com
13 June 2018

Prime Minister Viktor Orban described his talks with Slovak counterpart Peter Pellegrini on Tuesday as a “meeting of two successful countries in a successful region”.

Slovak-Hungarian cooperation and the Visegrad Group partnership contribute to the success of a common Europe, Orban told a joint press conference in Parliament after the meeting. The V4 is no longer an alliance of poor countries but composed of countries whose economies are characterised by “dynamism, financial discipline and great plans”, he added.

“Central Europe is in a period of great creation; we stand on the verge of a true central European renaissance,” he said.

Orban expressed thanks to Pellegrini for Slovakia’s help in border protection and for Bratislava standing in support of Hungary “in the midst of a great international storm”.

Commenting on bilateral relations, he said that after linking the gas pipelines of the two countries, work has now started to connect their electricity grids.

On the subject of border relations, Orban said that with the two countries having opened new border crossing stations, the average distance between border crossing points has dropped to 20km. The construction of a new Danube bridge connecting Komarom and Komarno is also under way, he noted, adding that this additional link between the two countries would help increase bilateral trade turnover.

As regards joint V4 goals, Orban mentioned the construction of the high-speed railway connecting Budapest and Warsaw that will also pass through Bratislava.

The prime minister expressed his satisfaction over the Slovak government’s measures concerning Slovakia’s ethnic Hungarian community. These have included steps to keep Hungarian-language primary schools running, the display of dual-language signs at train stations and subsidies provided through the minority cultural fund, Orban noted.

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