PM Orbán: Patriots in majority in the Western world with Trump, left unable to govern
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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stressed the importance of patriotism and a strong Europe in an address at the inaugural assembly of the Patriots for Europe party alliance in Paris on Saturday.
Patriots in majority
Orbán thanked Marine Le Pen, the parliamentary group leader of the National Rally in the French Assembly, for organising the assembly, and congratulated the newly elected chairman of the Patriots for Europe, the leader of Spain’s VOX party, Santiago Abascal.
Turning to the results of the United States elections, Orbán said that Donald Trump, “the patriot himself”, would return to the White House. “We can say now proudly that now we patriots are the majority in the Western world,” he added.
Reflecting on the lessons to be learnt from the US elections, Orbán said the first was that “the left will do whatever it can to kill us, politically, morally and legally”. “They cannot accept the idea of us coming back to power. It’s only a democracy if they win, and everything is justified to stop us,” he added.
Orbán said the left was “weaponising” the law and the courts, pointing to legal action against Trump, Matteo Salvini of Italy’s Lega, Le Pen, and Herbert Kickl of the Freedom Party of Austria. Those efforts require a “common answer”, he added.
The second lesson, Orbán said, was that the American elections showed that “we can still win under these extremely difficult circumstances and not just win by a small margin, but we can achieve historic and monumental victory”.
“We can win because the left is completely incapable of governing,” he said, making the third point. “They are the obstacle standing in the way of a brighter future for the people,” he added.
The left is unable to govern well
“Countries could be governed better, but the left simply lacks the competence to do so. They had the power, but they left Europe and America powerless. They mismanaged inflation, energy security, war, education, civilisational challenges and, of course, migration. They are the barriers to making America, Hungary and Europe great again,” Orbán said.
Though they may be portrayed as experts, he said, the left are “only experts of the old world”. “We the patriots are the experts of the new world. New times call for a new era and new measures. And the fist important lesson from President Trump’s campaign victory is this: We must take bold positions and be able to speak about them loudly and clearly,” he added.
“There is no need to shift to the centre, because the centre has already shifted toward us,” he said.
Orbán noted that migration had been one of the central issues of the Trump campaign. “President Trump did not say let’s deport 30 percent of illegals. No. That’s what the left said. He said 100 percent,” he said. “And look what the people choose. This is the kind of brave leadership we need. Clear decisive and confident,” he added.
No gender, no migration, no war
“We must firmly say no,” Orbán said, “no gender, no war, no migration”.
He said the role of the West in the world had changed “inevitably and undeniably”, while Europe’s relationship with America was also changing.
“In Europe, there is also a new political reality. Basically, we are the new reality. The Patriots,” he added.
“It’s not just an empty establishment spirit anymore, it has a concrete body, a strong voice pushing for change in Europe every single day,” he said.
It is a devious trick the extreme right always does by claming patriotism as something they alone possess while those with different opinions are somehow not patriotic. That is exactly how Nazism worked and how all facsism works. If you are not with the party you are not a patriot. Patriotism is a potentially dangerous tool that when used by populists can make the public agree to almost anything and can lead a country to disaster when it is used to deceive the people as Fidesz does.
“we do not allow people in, and those who are already here, must be removed.”
Does that mean orban is going to kicked out all the south asians? Oh wait, they are not immigrants, they are “guest workers”
I have never heard orban to talk about this group. Why is he so afraid to recognize that hungary really need immigrants? Ah yes, is because it goes against his silly speach.
Good luck trying to repopulate the country with Hungarians!
What person that “loves his country” would support the complete collapse of the currency, the drop in rankings to the poorest in the EU, the gutting of the education system (low paid teachers, graduates leaving for a better education outside), skilled and educated leaving for a living wage and better conditions, the highest prices for food in the EU, a medical system on the brink of collapse, a train system falling apart, all the while his friends and relatives become millonaires and billionaires. Does this sound like love to you?