Hungarian right-wing the most successful political movement in Western civilisation, says Budapest’s CPAC chief organizer
"There is growing interest in Western conservative circles in the Hungarian formula"
In an interview given ahead of a conference in Budapest of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Miklós Szánthó, the head of the Centre for Fundamental Rights think-tank, called the Hungarian right-wing “the most successful political movement in Western civilisation”.
He told public radio that conservatives in the Western world had noticed and prized its achievements so far.
The Budapest event held under the banner God, home, family, he added, was not only a recognition of those achievements but also an important gesture towards Hungary’s right-wing.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will be the keynote speaker, and the broad span of the Western right — former American senators, members of Congress as well as Belgian, Italian, Spanish, French, and Austrian politicians and journalists — will participate, he noted.
The head of the think-tank said Hungary had established a “defence mechanism” against the liberal worldview, mentioning “multiculturalism and gender ideology” as examples. Hungary’s right-wing has shown that democracy does not have to be liberal, and there is growing interest in Western conservative circles in the Hungarian formula, he said.
CPAC Hungary will take place in Budapest on May 19-20, details HERE: Budapest to host first Conservative Political Action Conference in Europe
Source: MTI
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If you call being successful being nearly 100% reliant upon Russia for energy, having massive debts owed to Russia and having massive debts owed to China (at a punitive interest rate), alienating nearly all (actually, now it is all) your neighbours, having corruption that is endemic and being a beggar nation that only keeps going by having EU cash slumped into it, then yes, it successful.
Blah blah blah, do you know the amount of US debt owed to China, Hungary’s debt is not significant.
@marievontheresa, yes I do know. Around 1.05 trillion dollars. Why do you always assume that commentators here don’t read other publications? But comparing the US economy (vast) with the Hungarian economy (tiny) is like comparing chalk and cheese. As a proportion of GDP, Hungary’s debt is significant and the debt to China is not through securities but through high interest loans.
May I add my two forint’s worth?
I’d be inclined to say, that “it’s successful” as far as winning four consecutive elections, and that may be what some other AUTHORITARIAN heads of Nations might be aspiring to. That may be THE ONE, AND ONLY reason why anyone would be inclined to term it “the most successful political movement in Western civilisation”, but going as far as, “in Western Civilisation”, is a bit rich (to say the least), and makes me feel as if it came straight out of Viktor Orban’s mouth. No, after re-reading the article, it’s laughable to put it in such glorified terms.
I also feel that Viktor Orban only won this election due to fear mongering – similar to his last win. Last time it was the “fear” of Hungary being “overrun” by non-Christian refugees, and this time by the fear of war IN Hungary IF the opposition wins. Am I correct?
As for Hungary’s debt to China: Not significant eh? 😮
But, before we get into that, let’s put things into perspective. The U.S. has a population of of 334.6 mn, while Hungary has a population of 9.6 mn, let’s just keep that at the forefront.
“China holds more than $1 trillion of the U.S. national debt.” – https://www.thebalance.com/u-s-debt-to-china-how-much-does-it-own-3306355 On the other hand, “Hungary External Debt reached 268.0 USD bn in Dec 2021…” – CEICdata. I don’t (yet) have a breakdown of how much of that external debt is owed by Hungary to China, but my guess is that it’s quite a significant portion, probably raking a close second to Russia. Having said that, I’d like to see someone (Editor-in-chief…?) provide us with an exact figure (of how big is Hungary’s debt to China).
While we’re on the topic of Hungary – China, here’s a very interesting article: https://www.dailypioneer.com/2021/columnists/china—s-debt-trap-plan-for-hungary.html For those who can’t be bothered reading the article in full, here are just two paragraphs: …”Beijing’s lending and investment ventures have mostly led to a “quiet debt trap” in most of the countries so far. China’s opaque overseas policies and hidden agenda are an open secret.
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“In early April, a Hungarian investigative journalism outlet known as Direkt36 reported that the pre-tax construction costs of the Fudan Campus are estimated at $1.8 billion. Unfortunately, this cost is more than the entire expenditure of the education system of the Hungarian Government in 2019. Leaked documents reveal that the Orban Government would take a hefty loan of around $1.5 billion from a Chinese bank to cover the large part of the establishment expenditure of the campus. Further, the Hungarian Government would engage a number of China-based construction companies to complete the project by 2024.”
@Dari, spot on. Although the Fudan matter is still up in the air, the Chinese financed railway, the white elephant line to Belgrade is under construction with Chinese workers building it. The big lie is that it will connect the Greek Port of Piraeus with Central Europe for freight trains. Piraeus is now largely owned by the Chinese, that is true, but there is no rail link to this line, the Greeks have no intention of building one for the foreseeable future and also have no intention of falling into the Chinese debt trap by letting them finance it. Thus there will be this hugely expensive new railway upgrade on a line that has very little traffic on it, neither passenger nor freight.
@Blah blah blah,
I wasn’t sure about the Fudan Uni situation because this site has been more or less silent since Mayor Karacsony stopped being so vocal about it, and I haven’t bothered to follow the situation from other sources.
Anyway, I hope that it will get cancelled and the amount of (non-borrowed) money that the Orban Government was going spend on it, will be (much) better spent on bringing some of Hungary’s Hospitals into the 21st Century, and/or pay rises for the medical profession and the educators of Hungary.
Since reading the above article, I wanted to know more about The Center for Fundamental Rights, and I came across a 2018 NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/29/world/europe/hungary-orban-media.html from which I’d like to highlight the following paragraph: “In an email to The New York Times, one of the foundation’s board members, Miklos Szantho, said that while his group had an undeniably right-wing agenda, it is an independent and private entity that will work to sustain a “balanced” media environment in Hungary, combat fake news and tackle political correctness.” 😮 ” …sustain a “balanced” media environment in Hungary, combat fake news and tackle political correctness” – you have to be kidding! Well, someone’s falling well-short of their aims! “Independent”, eh?
Further, I will be sad if the new BUD to BEG railway line is not going to be, at least, somewhat successful. Pity the original plan was not something much much more ambitious, something similar to that of France’s, Spain’s or Italy’s HSR networks.
Oh, talking about the Chinese debt trap, let’s just look at Sri Lanka – seeing that it’s in the news recently . The Communist Government of China built a seaport in Sri Lanka (Hambantota) with a Chinese loan, and Sri Lankan Government forfeited. Consequently, Sri Lanka lost ownership of a 6 070 hectare seaport (for 99 years). The port/land is now part of China. China has full control of territory just a few hundred kilometres off the shores of a rival, India, and a strategic foothold along a critical commercial and military waterway. There is a lesson in this for any government considering any loan from China.