Hungary’s Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office Gergely Gulyás arrived in London for a one-day working visit on 11 October 2018.
Minister Gulyás, who is also responsible for EU affairs, met Home Secretary Sajid Javid to discuss the rights of Hungarian citizens living in the UK and British citizens residing in Hungary in light of Brexit, respecting the outcome of the 2016 Brexit referendum, as well as the future of the EU-UK security partnership against the backdrop of emerging cross-border threats. During his discussion with David Lidington, the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster the ongoing Brexit negotiations, the future of Europe and the possibilities to strengthen bilateral relations in the future were the main topics. He exchanged views with Minister of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union Lord Callanan the current state of the Brexit negotiations and the upcoming European Parliamentary elections. Minister Gergely Gulyás continued his visit in London with meeting prominent members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, among others Bob Neill, the Chairman of the Hungarian All-Party Parliamentary Group and former Minister Greg Hands, and also representatives of think tanks, with whom they had an exchange of views on Hungarian and British domestic policy developments, inevitably Brexit and also the potential of the future, post-Brexit bilateral cooperation of Hungary and the UK.
