PM Orbán to the EU: every vaccine is good which is already used

The procurement of Covid-19 vaccines must be accelerated while putting ideological considerations aside, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in Porto at an EU summit meeting on Friday.

Addressing a panel discussion focusing on the topic of labour in the afternoon, Orbán said the most important task for a society in the current pandemic situation was to ensure that vaccines are available for the public. “Without having a vaccine available, no social policy can be maintained,” he said.

“Each and every vaccine is good, if it is safe and has been put into the arms of the people,”

Orbán said.

Concerning Hungary’s labour policy, Orbán said that “16 years of government experience has shown that a labour-based society can be built while maintaining a modern, market-based competitive economy”. He noted that Hungary had reduced its unemployment rate from 12 percent to as low as 3 percent over the past ten years.