House speaker: Global constructive stability in Hungary’s interest

Hungary’s interest lies in the emergence of a peaceful, calm and constructive balance in the world, Speaker of Parliament László Kövér told commercial news channel HirTV on Thursday.

Marking Hungary’s August 20 national holiday, Kövér said the Christian Hungarian state was established in a buffer zone similar to the one Hungary finds itself in today. Back then, Hungary even had to make a decision on whether it wanted to join the eastern or western Christian denomination, he added.

“So already at the point of origin we were faced with a dilemma that we’re still carrying with us to this day,” the speaker said.

Another reason why, he said, Hungary was interested in global stability was that if the global balance was upset, the first clashes “would no doubt happen in this region”.

Hungary has a responsibility to gather enough strength around itself “to be a player in this game”, Kövér said. “Because there was a time when Hungary was not dealt any cards at all.”

But, he added, there were also times when Hungary had a significant influence over the political processes that impacted it.

Kövér said he believed that the cooperation among the Visegrád Group countries was one of the factors that gave Hungary a greater chance than it has ever had before to enforce its interests through the central and eastern European value system.