Orbán cabinet: Hungary seen as successful model in Baden-Wuerttemberg

The Hungarian government’s work built on effective economic policy and strong family policy is seen as a successful model in Baden-Wuerttemberg, the state secretary in charge of family and youth affairs said on Tuesday.

Katalin Novák talked to MTI by phone from Stuttgart after talks with leading politicians of the state which has a total area approximately equaling Hungary’s.

Baden-Wuerttemberg faces many similar challenges as Hungary, including demographic changes, so they keep an eye on Hungarian developments, she said. Hungary can learn from the German state for instance in supporting flexible work arrangements while officials in Baden-Wuerttemberg expressed a keen interest in Hungarian family policy, including support for families expecting children, she said.

Bilateral economic relations are robust, with car industry companies from Baden-Wuerttemberg playing an important role in the Hungarian economy,

including their contributions to Hungary’s GDP and also by providing “quality jobs” to Hungarian workers, Novak added.

Novák met Guido Wolf, a member of the CDU party, and Wolfgang Reinhart, parliamentary group leader in the Landtag of Baden-Wuerttemberg, and discussed Hungary’s ruling Fidesz’s leading role in the European central right. She added that