However, it was not explained by the Secretary of State, but how or in what way.

The Hungarian government guarantees everyone that they will be able to provide decent work for their families even after the coronavirus epidemic, and will create as many jobs as the virus “destroys”.

– said the Secretary of State for Family and Youth Affairs of the Ministry of Human Resources MTIby phone

After a video conference of the ministers responsible for social, family and labor affairs in the EU member states, Katalin Novák said that the government has restored decent work in recent years and will continue to think of a community based on work. The informal meeting focused, among other things, on possible responses to the challenges posed by the coronavirus epidemic, and among these, workplace protection measures were also reported in Hungary, he said.

He said the European Commission had produced a strategy paper on demographic challenges, which was the basis for Tuesday’s discussion. Referring to this, he said it was gratifying that the committee finally focused on demographics, “perhaps Brussels has finally recognized demographics as one of the biggest problems” in the coming decades. According to Novák, however, it doesn’t matter what responses they give to these challenges. He regrets that the document has neglected the aspect of young people’s desire to have children and how they can be helped to have as many children as they want.

Young people across Europe have fewer and fewer children, and it is common for fewer children to be born than parents plan. Therefore, this situation must be addressed both by the Union and by individual governments, said the politician.

According to him, Hungary can make a significant contribution to this thinking because it has focused on demographics and family support for ten years. He said his actions are also evident in the results, such as a more than 20 percent increase in the desire to have children, a significant increase in the number of marriages, a lower number of divorces sixty years than last year and a decrease in abortions.

According to him, the confidence necessary to have children has returned to Hungary, young people increasingly dare to start a family and have new children.

The Hungarian government continues to prioritize helping young people start a family and have children, and they will receive help from family-type taxes and work-related family benefits, the secretary of state said.

According to him, the favorable results so far give Hungary the right to share their results and urge European countries to think together. The coronavirus epidemic also shows that mass immigration is not the answer to the demographic challenge, as it has serious dangers.



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