Orban to Meloni: we will not join the Ecr group, there is an anti-Hungarian party

"We did not talk about party issues because we already closed on Monday in Brussels where we made it clear that we follow national politics and cannot be part of a political family where there is a Romanian party that is anti-Hungarian. But we are committed to strengthening European right-wing parties even if we are not in the same group'. Thus Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the end of the bilateral with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at Palazzo Chigi. The original 'project' of the EU 'was not this, it was to involve everyone, big and small'. The current one 'is a path not to be followed. We cannot support this party pact on top jobs'.

"We share the focus on European competitiveness" of the Hungarian presidency, "but also European defence" and "the new approach for agricultural policies". Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said this in joint statements with Viktor Orban. Meloni also spoke of the "governance of migratory flows" on which "we agree: the new European approach that has been consolidated in recent months", also pushed by Italy, should be consolidated, namely "the defence of the external borders and the fight against traffickers". "There are many issues on which we agree," the premier concludes. "We agree that it is important to experiment with innovative solutions" and I quote "the Italy Albania protocol".

"We talked about illegal migration. You are closer to Africa than we are, but migrants also come to us. In the next 20 years, Africa's population will increase by 750 million people, a population balance twice as large as Europe's,' so either there is 'a development project for Africa or there will be mass migration that we will not be able to manage. We will support everything the premier has proposed'. This was said by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in joint statements with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.