István Hegedűs gave an interview to Klubrádió before the meeting of the leaders of the EU member states on 14 December 2017. He added that Donald Tusk, President of the European Council urged an open dialogue regarding the European refugee policy.
On 18 March 2019 István Hegedűs gave an interview to Civil Rádió about the visit of the lead candidate of the European People's Party to Budapest and the apology of the Hungarian Prime Minister.
