There are around 500,000 Hungarians working currently abroad and according to fresh statistics another 370,000 are considering to leave the country in hope of better prospects, Dóra Dúró told a press conference.

To reverse this trend, Jobbik urges increasing Hungarian wages to western European levels, she said.

The party also calls for introducing a rental homes scheme to support couples wanting to raise more than one child, Dúró added.

She argued that 80 percent of young couples decide against raising a second or third child citing inappropriate housing conditions.

The party would also introduce a system enabling Hungarian citizens abroad to vote in Hungarian elections by mail, she said, arguing that such a measure would strengthen those citizens’ bond with their home country.

Dúró welcomed the government’s recent measure supporting the expansion of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) which scheme Jobbik had already proposed several years ago.

Republished with permission of Hungary Matters, MTI’s daily newsletter.

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