"Europe can only be strong if it is based on strong families", state secretary for families and youth Katalin Novak, told a conference in Bratislava on Saturday, MTI reports.
Speaking at a summit entitled "The Europe we want - Conservative Summit", Katalin Novak said demography and whether internal or external resources were the solution to its problems was a serious one not only for the Visegrad countries but for Europe as a whole.
She said Hungary's standpoint is clear, she said: internal resources must be strengthened.
"We must examine why we don't have enough children and what it is that keeps young people from having children; what are the obstacles in their way, and how to help them overcome them," the state secretary said.



