(Finance) – The “main European and international issues” and “the excellent bilateral relations between Rome and Budapest”. These – Palazzo Chigi said in a note – were the themes at the center of the almost one-hour meeting held today in Budapest between the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni and the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán. Commenting on the results of the Budapest Demographic Forum Meloni and Orbán – we read in the note – reiterated the importance of the value of the family also in consideration of the demographic challenge that Europe must face.
As regards theUkraine, the two prime ministers condemned Russian aggression and hoped for a just peace. They recalled the support provided to Kiev so far and underlined the importance of maintaining the strong unity of EU Member States in broad and multidimensional support for Ukraine.
On the front of migration issues, – highlights Palazzo Chigi – the two prime ministers reiterated the need to act quickly and with determination. “Migration – we read in the note – is a common challenge for the European Union which requires a collective response”. Meloni and Orbán reiterated the need to focus on the external dimension to prevent departures, above all through decisive political and economic support to the countries of origin and transit of migrants, a greater commitment to fighting networks of human traffickers and effective repatriation policy for those who have no right to remain in Europe. “Conditionality mechanisms should also be implemented – states Palazzo Chigi – to guarantee the cooperation of the countries of origin”.
Finally, the two leaders committed themselves to close collaboration between their respective Governments in view of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 2024.
“Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni – he wrote in a tweet Zoltan Kovacs, spokesman for the Hungarian prime minister – met in Budapest to discuss key European and international issues, underlining the importance of family-friendly policies and condemning Russian aggression in Ukraine. They also underlined the need for a collective EU response to migration challenges and promised continued cooperation, considering the upcoming Hungarian EU Presidency in the second half of 2024.”
“It was a privilege to welcome Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to Hungary. We need more conservative governments in Europe to change things in Brussels. Italy and Hungary are at the forefront!” she wrote on X the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban regarding the meeting with the Italian Prime Minister.
“Meeting with the Hungarian Prime Minister on the sidelines of the Demography Summit in Budapest, to intensify political dialogue and bilateral economic relations between our Nations, also in view of the Hungarian rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union, scheduled for the second semester 2024” limited itself to commenting Melons on his X profile.