Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held a working lunch in Băile Tuşnad (Tusnádfürdő), in Romania, with leaders of Hungarian organisations from beyond the border, the prime minister’s press chief said in a statement. Hungarian communities abroad have strengthened in all walks of life thanks to the government’s policies in this area, the statement said, adding that Hungary maintained an institutional system for education, culture, churches, sports and the media. „We have also strengthened the Hungarian political institutional system abroad,” the statement said, noting that in the 2023 and 2024 elections, Hungarian parties in the Carpathian Basin retained their positions at national, regional and local levels.
Hunor Kelemen, head of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania, Krisztián Forró, head of Slovakia’s Hungarian Alliance party, Bálint Pásztor, head of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, Róbert Jankovics, head of the Democratic Union of Hungarians of Croatia, Orban Dusan, head of the Hungarian National Community of Prekmurje (Muravidék), Slovenia participated in the meeting. Also attending were Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén, Janos Nagy, state secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office, and Zsolt Németh, Chairman of the Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee.