Socialists urge dialogue to stop emigration

The opposition Socialists have called for a "meaningful parliamentary and social dialogue" to prevent further emigration of Hungary's labour force. Socialist MP Zsolt Molnar told a press conference on Tuesday that the ruling parties overlook the "tragic" tendency in which 600,000 people have left Hungary for other European countries in recent years, while another half million are planning to do so. "The Hungarian labour market will be lacking hundreds of thousands of skilled people, further increasing the labour shortage primarily in the construction, catering and health sectors," Molnar said, adding that decent salaries and a predictable future could help ease the problem.