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Balázs Orbán: ‘What Brussels offers, unacceptable for Hungary’
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If Hungary accepts the model Brussels “offers” on migration, the war in Ukraine and on how our children should be raised, the country would “cease to exist” in a few decades, the prime minister’s political director told public broadcaster Kossuth radio on Monday morning.
Referring to the prime minister’s speech at the weekend party congress of ruling Fidesz, Balázs Orbán said Hungary wasn’t a country constantly saying “no”, but had developed a “European counter-model” which showed that “it is possible to set an overall different government policy and operate a successful country”.
The two models can exist in Europe simultaneously, Orbán said, adding however that “we would obviously be glad, if an increasing number of countries were proud of their sovereignty, and define supporting families and enhancing competitiveness as future political priorities…. instead of sanctions”.
Short answer re our flagship family policies, on which our Politicians spend a fortune:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/612074/fertility-rates-in-european-countries/
Challenge: Find Hungary on the chart (I know, you will need to expand it), look at the countries with a higher fertility rate (e.g. more kids per female inhabitant), then explain Hungary position, and why other countries are outperforming us (without being as “family friendly” as Hungary- or perhaps is this is a Politician fairy tale?
Please do respond in the comments below. I am so curious how I should be reading this!