Not everyone agrees: Opposition slams Orbán’s controversial speech
Opposition parties have criticised Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s speech at the Bálványos Summer University in Baile Tusnad, Romania, saying it had failed to address the problems of Hungarians.
Tisza Party’s criticism
The Respect and Freedom (Tisza) party said the prime minister’s speech had been about “Budapest-centric global politics” rather than the problems of the Hungarian people. The party criticised Orbán for failing to mention the state of the healthcare and education sectors, “the three million people living below the subsistence level and the hundreds of thousands who have fled abroad”.
Democratic Coalition’s criticism
The Democratic Coalition (DK) said Orbán’s politics wasn’t “building, but losing Hungary” and endangered the Hungarian people. “The blabber about a national strategy doesn’t obscure the strategic weakening of Hungary that is a consequence of the PM’s running amok historically and politically,” DK said in a statement.
Socialists’ criticism
The Socialist Party criticised the speech for not mentioning “the government’s misguided economic policy, the one billion euro loan taken from China, high inflation and the high public debt”. The party said it hoped the PM “was not laying the groundwork for pulling Hungary out of the European Union”.
Jobbik’s criticism
Jobbik-Conservatives welcomed the prime minister’s announcement on doubling family tax breaks for children, but said their solution would be to increase the tax break each year by at least the previous year’s inflation rate.
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