Balázs Orbán said that Hungary should act like Mongolia, Mexico, Presian Gulf countries

The neoliberal world order is over, as it has failed to fulfill the promise of peace and prosperity, the prime minister’s political director said in Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő), in central Romania, on Wednesday, adding that like Hungary, several countries were turning to sovereignty, traditional values and Christian Democracy.

Speaking at a podium discussion on the changing world order at the 34th Bálványos Summer Open University and Student Camp, Balázs Orbán said that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s speech at the event 11 years ago where he said democracy did not necessarily have to be based on the dominant liberal, progressive global ideology had turned out to be a “prophecy”.

The political director said there were various theories as to what the new world order would look like, but it was certain that there would be a transitional period which could last even decades.

He said the transition to a new global order was dangerous when it had to be handled by politicians who managed it poorly, which could not only threaten the success of their own country, but could even lead to a third world war. This had to be avoided at all cost, Orbán added.

He urged a form of international cooperation in which competing global powers did not force other countries to line up behind them. Hungary, he said, was now capable of maintaining good relations with both the United States and China. According to 24.hu, strong governance can help achieve that aim. This is what happens in Mexico, Pakistan, and the Persian Gulf countries.