Coronavirus - Fidesz group leader: Hungary must function despite pandemic

Hungary has to function despite the coronavirus pandemic, and the ruling parties will ensure the best conditions to fight the spread of the disease, Mate Kocsis, the ruling Fidesz party's parliamentary group leader, said on Thursday. Speaking to a press conference after the first meeting of the ruling parties' parliamentary groups ahead of the autumn season, Kocsis said Fidesz and the Christian Democrats had to ensure "the parliamentary background for the protection efforts". During the first wave of the epidemic, the leftist opposition did not vote for the protection measures, nor did they support prolonging the state of emergency, Kocsis said. Instead, "they tried to discredit the Hungarian health-care system with fake videos, and vilified Hungary abroad," he said.