In a statement signed by MEPs of the Democratic Coalition, the Momentum Movement, the Socialists and Jobbik, the parties said the coronavirus pandemic had brought about unprecedented challenges for the health-care system and its professionals.

“The past year has shown that we can count on Hungarian health-care workers, even in the greatest calamity; even when they have to work amid inhuman circumstances.

They are without doubt the greatest heroes of the fight against the pandemic; thousands of truly brave people,” the statement said.

Click here to learn more about European Citizens' Prize