“The future and quality of Hungary’s science is not a political issue,” Orbán said. He noted that there is increased global demand for scientists, and countries not only in the west but also in the east are luring talent. Hungary will meet the challenge, he said.

Speaking about the government’s contribution to Hungary’s scientific development, the prime minister noted that the country had raised its science spending from 1% of GDP in 2010 to 1.4% in 2016, financing such projects as the CERNWigner Data Centre and allocating some 12 billion forints to the national brain research programme between 2014 and 2017.

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