Election 2018 – Hungarian FM: ‘Soros empire’ upping pressure on Hungary

The Hungarian government will resist an expectedly growing international pressure in the wake of Hungary’s recent election, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday.

Ruling Fidesz’s election victory, one of “three landslide wins in eight years”, reflects “the strongest and clearest political will in Europe” expressed by Hungary’s voters, Szijjártó told reporters. The election made it clear “what future the government’s supporters voted for and what kind of future opponents wish to see”, he added.

“Brussels, however, continues to disregard the Hungarian people and their will,” Szijjártó insisted.

The European Parliament’s civil rights committee (LIBE) is scheduled to present “the Soros Report” on Hungary on Thursday, Szijjártó said. “It has taken Brussels just four days from the election to launch another attack on Hungary,” he added.

LIBE has been asked to prepare a report on the state of the rule of law in Hungary with a view to holding an EP vote on launching the first steps of Article 7, which suspends voting rights.

Szijjártó said that the Hungarian government had approached LIBE on Wednesday to present their position, but leaders of the committee refused to provide an opportunity, through which they had “unmasked themselves”, revealing a “seriously anti-democratic” procedure against Hungary.