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Alpár Kató Alpár Kató · 03/04/2019
· Society

10th anniversary of opening of EP’s József Antall building marked

2019 EP election European Union Fidesz
József Antall building Brussels EU

Marking the tenth anniversary of the opening of the European Parliament’s József Antall building in Brussels, former European Parliament head Hans-Gert Pöttering said that values should always come before interests because the alternative was political and moral annihilation.

Pöttering said preserving the political legacy Hungary’s first post-communist prime minister, embracing dignity, freedom and democracy, was a shared duty.

He said

Antall showed that three-and-a-half years in power was enough time to go down in the country’s history as a great politician.

Length of tenure, he added, was not the point but what a leader did for his country and the European Union.

Fidesz MEP József Szájer said that the EP building was named after Antall because he was a great European, a great patriot and a great social democrat. He wanted to build a strong Hungary within the EU and paved the way to NATO and the European community, he said.

“Fidesz has learned from József Antall’s legacy,” he said. “We have learnt that from strength comes unity. The differences of a diverse community can be bridged with a strong leader.”

Szabolcs Takács, Hungarian state secretary for European affairs, said that thanks to Antall, generations of Hungarians lived amidst freedom and democracy.

Takács added that the past five years had affected the EU negatively but the elections in May provided the opportunity to change that. Political discourse should shift from “lecturing” to open, progressive dialogue with equal standards for all, he said.

Photo: Wikimedia Commons – Treehill

Source: MTI

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