HUNGARY’S GOVERNMENT IS greatly increasing financial aid and subsidies for families with several children, the country’s prime minister said yesterday. The measures announced by Viktor Orban during his “state of the nation” speech are meant to encourage women to have more children and reverse Hungary’s population decline. The benefits include a lifetime personal income-tax exemption for women who give birth and raise at least four children; a subsidy of 2.5 million forints (€7,817) towards the purchase a seven-seat vehicle for families with three or more children; and a low-interest loan of 10 million forints (€31,271) for women under age 40 who are marrying for the first time. Orban, who has made “zero tolerance” for immigration his main theme in the past four years and was elected to a third consecutive term last April, said the initiative is meant to “ensure the survival of the Hungarian nation”. “This is the Hungarians’ answer, not imm

French President Macron has declared war on Europe and has said leaders of Hungary, Italy and other patriotic nations were right to see him as their main opponent, thereby upping the ante in the bitter European debate over mass immigration policies. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Tuesday launched an anti mass immigration manifesto aiming at next year's European parliament elections, and countering the opposing camp led by the French and German presidents. "There are currently two camps in Europe and one is headed by [Emmanuel] Macron," Orban said at a press conference after holding talks with Salvini in Milan. "He is at the head of the political forces supporting immigration. On the other hand, we want to stop illegal immigration." E.U. countries are expected to go to the polls in May 2019, and Salvini has aligned himself with some of the patriotic "Visegrad" countries: the Czech Repub

The French ambassador to Hungary, Eric Fournier, came under fire after the publication of pro-Orban comments. He has been replaced by Macron, a recipient of the infamous Kalergi Prize, who fired his ambassador to Hungary after the publication of a document praising the patriotic migration policies of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The public dispute […]