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Latest From Orbán: Hungary Can Start Reopening ‘Sometime After Easter’ Hungary Matters Two and a half million people will have received their first Covid shot “sometime after Easter”, which will open the door to a gradual reopening of the country, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview with public news channel M1. Schools will be reopened in the first stage, to be followed by shops with a new type of security measure put in place, which will involve allowing one customer per 10 square metre. This can be followed by the third and fourth stages of reopening, Orbán said but declined to reveal details. He said the high number of daily infections and the number of available vaccines were “too much in contrast with each other for the time being”. ....
Watch: Hungary s Ruling Fidesz Party MEPs Quit EPP Group, Slam Changes To Statutes Hungary Matters MEPs of Hungary s ruling Fidesz party have quit the European People s Party (EPP) group after it approved an amendment to the umbrella party s rules at a group meeting. The EPP group voted on Wednesday to change the group’s statutes to make it possible to suspend the membership of a whole group, not just individual MEP members, or to terminate membership collectively if the party group’s rules were seriously breached. Fidesz MEPs Kinga Gál and Tamás Deutsch said it was “unacceptable” that the EPP group had launched “hasty administrative manoeuvers” during the coronavirus epidemic that was “claiming the lives of thousands of European citizens every day, putting unprecedented pressure on our citizens and economies.” ....
Tighter Travel Rules Needed Now, Says PM Orbán Hungary Matters Hungary s borders must be tightened and stricter travel rules introduced in light of the big escalation of the coronavirus epidemic, Viktor Orbán said in an interview to public radio. Even business people must understand that viral variants must be radically curbed, even for business trips beyond Europe’s borders, the prime minister said, adding that many people were planning trips to “exotic destinations” which were getting more affordable in the current circumstances, noting that some of the more infectious virus mutations were from Africa. Orbán also noted that the operative body responsible for handling the epidemic ordered hospitals to ramp up their level of preparedness at its meeting this morning, and this level would be the same as during the critical phases of the epidemic in April and November last year. ....