Hungary’s foreign ministry has summoned the Swedish ambassador over critical remarks by a Swedish minister concerning the Hungarian government’s recent family assistance measures, the foreign minister said.
In a tweet, Annika Strandhall, the Swedish minister for social affairs, said that Hungary’s “alarming” policies were “reeking of the 1930’s.”
She suggested the Hungarian prime minister, who she said seeks to promote the birth of “more true Hungarian” babies, was a “right-wing populist trying to obscure the consequences of those policies to the independence women have fought for.”
Answering a question at a press conference on a different subject, minister of Foreign Affairs Peter Szijjarto said Strandhall had used an “unacceptable” tone in her tweet. He said the Swedish ambassador had been told at the ministry that Strandhall’s comments, too, were unacceptable.
Szijjarto said the ambassador had taken note of Hungary’s stance and promised to convey it to Stockholm.
“Hungary is spending its money on families rather than on migrants”, Szijjarto said.
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