… And in his speech on Sunday, Orbán made it clear that they don’t intend to drop the subject: he announced that they would soon be launching yet another national consultation, this time, about “Tisza’s leaked plan to raise taxes”. … He also said that the consultation is “part of the mobilization”. … This is all the more interesting, because Fidesz justified all fourteen national consultations held so far (paid for from public funds, by the way) by saying that “the fate of the nation depended on them”. …

… The core of this ideology is that there is a “global power elite” that opposes national interests, but only very few political actors are willing to stand up to this force. … However, as for his original task, or more precisely, its outcome, László only said at the time that he was continuing consultations with the Americans "All the tentacles must be chopped off!" … So much so that on March 15, the Prime Minister added fuel to the fire when, in his speech delivered on the national holiday, he compared NGOs critical of the government, independent journalists, the judges protesting for the independence of the judiciary …

… At the same time, they said that when Kęciek had previously been recalled to Warsaw for consultations, it was because the Hungarian authorities had granted asylum to former deputy minister Marcin Romanowski. … According to the Polish National Prosecutor's Office, the politician committed eleven different crimes and is, among others, accused of participating in an organized criminal group and embezzling public funds. …

… In addition, Poland's ambassador to Hungary, Sebastian Kęciek, was also recalled for consultations. In diplomacy, both gestures are a strong sign of outrage, as we wrote at the time. … According to the Polish National Prosecutor's Office, the politician committed eleven different crimes and is, among others, accused of participating in an organized criminal group and embezzling public funds. …

… On his arrival at the meeting, the prime minister presented the results of the national consultation on Ukraine's EU membership, which showed that 95 percent of the more than two million responses received rejected the candidate country's admission. … Even so, Voks2025 was the government's second most successful national consultation , only 72,000 completions behind the national consultation on the Soros plan, which attracted 2,356,000 respondents. … However, Voks2025 easily beat the national consultations on Covid and Stop Brussels, with 1.68 million respondents. … This time again, it was not a referendum, just an opinion poll like the national consultations, which has no legally binding force and can only be used as a political tool. … The government has been organising national consultations since 2010, and, in the first place, the questions are asked in a way that gives answers that reflect their views. …

… The European Commission has maintained an enhanced dialogue with the government and has held consultations with the Hungarian authorities and stakeholders, Kees van Duin emphasized at the event organized by the EC's representation in Hungary. … Deputy State Secretary at the Ministry for National Economy, Márton Bókay welcomed the fact that the European Commission had consulted with them and said that several of their “corrections” had been incorporated. …

… To justify their proposal, the authors cite the results of the national consultation on sovereignty, which they say “clearly show that the Hungarian people have stood up for the sovereignty of our country and that an overwhelming majority have said no … If not, then the bank is not allowed to make the transfer and must notify the Hungarian National Bank. … If it finds that the organization has broken the law, it will impose an administrative fine equal to twenty-five times the amount of the funds received, and the funds themselves must be paid into the National Cooperation Fund within 15 days. … And if all this were not enough, the NAV would then once again order the listed and by this point, already banned organization to pay the amount corresponding to the accepted funding into the National Cooperation Fund within 15 days. … If an NGO should fail to fulfill its obligations as defined by law, it may even be dissolved, with its assets being transferred to the National Cooperation Fund. …

… The proceeds from such fines and all assets of organizations dissolved in accordance with the law will be transferred to the National Cooperation Fund. … In the introduction, he seeks to support the proposal with the results of the national consultations held in recent years. …

… Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Hungarian National Bank Governor Mihály Varga announced that he has initiated consultations with the government “in the interest of cleaning up the institution's profile”. … Viktor Orbán has appointed Gergely Gulyás, the Minister in charge of the Prime Minister's Office, to lead the consultations with the National Bank, Index has learnt. … The press conference was held jointly by the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) and the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MKIK), after signing a cooperation agreement about a number of projects which are going to contribute to decisions on economic … As previously reported, in mid-March the State Audit Office (ÁSZ) published three reports totalling more than 600 pages, which were more or less related to the Hungarian National Bank: one on the financial management of the Pallas Athéné Domus Meriti … In recent days, for example, Ádám Matolcsy, the son of former National Bank Governor György Matolcsy has spoken up, telling Telex in writing that nobody stole the assets of the MNB or the MNB Foundation, but that there was an ongoing politically motivated …