László Kövér revealed that there will be no more restrictions due to the epidemic until the Christmas holidays

According to the announcement, in a one-hour meeting initiated by the president of the Austrian National Council, the two speakers briefed each other in detail on the epidemiological situation in Austria and Hungary, the current restrictive measures, the economic management of the epidemic and budgets. from Hungary and Austria this year and next. , on the expectations of the vaccine and the steps foreseen for the management of outbreaks in the next period.

Wolfgang Sobotka said that the current austerity measures are being relaxed in Austria, which will be carried out step by step until the Christmas holidays., And László Kövér informed his colleague that

In Hungary, given the current virus situation, no further adjustment is expected until the holidays.

rather, the measures taken by the Hungarian government aim at strict compliance with the restrictive measures already taken.

In the second part of the conversation, the parties discussed the impact of political Islam on European Christian civilization, as well as issues of asylum and migration.

The Presidents of Parliament discussed the background to Hungary’s veto on the next multi-annual financial framework of the European Union and the Recovery Fund.

László Kövér emphasized that the July European Council established the framework for the negotiations, which neither the European Commission nor the European Parliament could annul, because the compromise was established by the Heads of State and Government and no EU institution agreed upon by the heads of European sovereign states. it can go further.

Finally, the speakers also spoke briefly on the issue of enlargement in the Western Balkans, in which they expressed a common position of support.

Top image: President László Kövér in the plenary session of Parliament on November 16, 2020. Source: MTI / Tamás Kovács