Election 2018 – Orbán: Hungary needs united govt to face challenges
Hungary needs a united and competent government to halt immigration, which would irrevocably alter the country’s character, Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s prime minister, said, adding that the only force able to form such a government after Sunday’s election would be the incumbent Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance.
In an interview published in business weekly Figyelő on Thursday, Orbán accused the global media, the European Union and “influential business interest groups” of attempting to help a weak coalition government come to power after the April 8 general election, one that Brussels can fully control.
In a case like that, US billionaire George “Soros’s people” would fill government posts as it happened in other countries, he said, referring to leaked recordings on Soros.
They would occupy Hungary’s energy sector and banking system, and Hungarians would pay the price, Orbán said. The prime minister added that “Soros’s candidates” could only be thwarted by the Fidesz-ChristDems candidates as “Soros’s calculations show that all the others are already in his pocket.”
Orbán pledged to launch an ambitious programme to boost Hungary’s competitiveness in January 2019.
“I am thinking in terms of a Hungarian model based on competitiveness, full employment, as well as sound demographic and identity policies,” he said. Orbán said his government would retain Hungary’s “well-functioning and proportionate tax system” that promotes performance and a fair sharing of burdens.
Concerning the opposition parties, Orbán said Jobbik was “obviously attempting to bypass Fidesz and manoeuvre itself into the left wing”. This effort, however, sometimes results in “ridiculous” situations that “discredit” Jobbik politicians. “Those who had set fire to EU flags a few years ago have by now become pro-Brussels politicians. It’s all about money and power for them,” he said.
Orbán said that if the left wing came to power in any form, public utility fees and taxes would go up, hurting particularly Hungarian businesses, and unemployment would increase again. He warned that the “seemingly stumbling” opposition parties should not be underestimated, arguing that “their strength lies in foreign infusion rather than their own performance.” “They are fighting as mercenaries of their foreign masters, which is a serious source of danger,” he said.
As regards the issue of migration, Orbán said Hungarians had understood where it would take the country if it “yielded to” a pro-migration policy.
“An anti-migrant majority has come to exist not only in Hungary but across Europe. The question now is how this massive majority will develop into a political majority,” Orbán said.
The prime minister called 2018 a crucial year in which it would turn out whether “global powers, assisted by bureaucrats sitting in Brussels, manage to force pro-immigrant governments onto countries that have so far rejected migration”.
Orbán said the European Council would be the scene of a “key battle” in June when Brussels will once again try to push through its automatic migrant resettlement scheme, under which Hungary would be obliged to accept in a first step 10,000 people by the end of this year.
If Hungary is not represented by an “anti-immigration prime minister” in that debate, it “will ultimately fall and be taken away from the Hungarian people”, he said.
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Source: MTI
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The Hungarian ambassador in the Netherlands, András Kocsis, wants the NPO to take measures against presenter Eric Smit. On 14.04.2018 in the radio program Dr Kelder & Co asked a guest if she wanted to spit Hungarian president Orbán in his face. Very unhappy and amazing, the ambassador finds. Smit made his statement during the AVROTROS program in the item ‘Hungary on the penalty box’. He was in talks with Ju-dith Sargentini, MEP on behalf of GL. Smit asked her what she would do if she met Orbán in Brussels. When she said she would give him a hand and start a conversation Smit asked her to spit him in the face on his face, followed by a smile. The answer was no. Ambassador Kocsis is most displeased in a letter to the NPO. On 14.04.2018 I listened to your program Dr Kelder & Co that was presented this time by Mr. Smit. The closure of the item with Mrs Sargen-tini about Hungary made me feel disgusted. He continues: I am not only disgusted by your presenter’s statement, but also finds it very rude and amazing. All the more because the Dutch press is constantly criticizing the state and position of the Hungarian media. I look forward to your response and would like to hear what disciplinary measures you are going to take in response to the baffling of your presenter. Smit responds in a tweet and states that he has done nothing wrong. The Hungarian ambassador is disgusted by my statement about his great leader, Viktor Orbán, by Dr. Kelder & Co and demands ‘disciplinary measures’ from the NPO against the undersigned. Pfff. Dear Mr. Kocsis, this is now where freedom of speech offers space. AVRO-TROS spokesperson Mark Wil-lems says that the following response has been sent to the ambassador: Dr Kelder and Co is a program that discusses topical issues at the cutting edge, in this case the report of the European Parliament stating that there is a ‘systematic threat to democracy, the rule of law and fundamental freedoms’ in Hungary. All opinions can be heard in the program and every now and then the edge is looked for. However, we do expect our guests and presenters to conduct the debate with respect for others, even if the emotions are high. We will discuss this with each other.
In Hungary, Orbán has a very strong position. His Fidesz party got almost 50% of the votes in the recent elections and comes out at 133 of the 199 seats in the parliament, a big majority. His hard immigration policy, combined with an economic revival, turned out to be the winning combination in the parliamentary elections. In a campaign that was all about fear and fake news, Orban (54) presented himself as a savior of Hungarian Christian values and culture. Abroad, his performance meets with criticism. He is accused of dictatorial traits. There is also protest within Hongary. This criticism is financed by philanthropist and speculator Soros, whose real name is György Schwartz and who was of Jewish origin. Now he is not a supporter of any belief whatsoever and he got into trouble in an interview that interviewed the interviewer and Soros laughed (!) To have robbed his own Jewish fellow believers. How deep can a person sink and how stupid Smit can be to not know these things. See: https://youtu.be/W8Id0-Lsyr0 and https://youtu.be/zVmQ05J9tHs
Regarding criticism: Well that remains to be seen. If you have a bit of science from the Hungarians and their culture, you will react differently like that empty-headed Smit did. The Hungarians have known a history of oppression, from the Habsburg dynasty to communism. It was the Hungarians who cut through the ‘iron curtain’, but of course Smit can not know that, given his age. What you do not want to see or hear that does not exist according to this donkey. Incidentally, a big insult for the donkey. What is bad is that AVROTROS offer this kind of people a stage to spread their disgusting nonsense. A little bit of empathizing with the history of another country can not do any harm! Incidentally, the Hungarians had the most nuisance of the ‘refugees’ who were on their way to Budapest and went devastatingly on the way. They stole stuff from Hungarian residents, they destroyed vegetable gardens, they wreak havoc in the largest and most beautiful station in Budapest. They kicked down sinks on the walls, they pooped on the platforms, they threatened the Hungarians, they molested Hungarian women and so on. These are not the highly educated refugees for non-existent wars! The EU position for allowing