Orbán: Italians and Hungarians are freedom fighters who will never give up their countries to foreigners

The Italians and the Hungarians are two freedom fighter people that never surrender, never give up their freedom and never give up their countries to foreigners, Viktor Orbán said in Pontida, in northern Italy, where he addressed as guest speaker the annual rally held by Matteo Salvini’s League party on Sunday.

Viktor Orbán said that Hungary on October 6 observed a national day of mourning to pay tribute to the heroes of the 1848/49 revolution and war of independence; adding that at that time the Italian and Hungarian people rose up and fought with arms against foreign rule.

“Italians and Hungarians are two freedom fighter people, and we are their heirs. We will never surrender, we will never give up our freedom, and we will never hand over our country to foreigners. We will not hand it over either to Brussels bureaucrats, or to global financial powers or migrants,” Orbán said, and added that Italy belonged to Italians and Hungary to Hungarians.

The prime minister called Matteo Salvini a European patriot, who Orbán said was celebrated as a hero in Hungary because he had closed the borders and defended the homes of Italians and also defended Europe. He said Salvini deserved an honour, not a judicial proceeding for that. Orbán called the proceedings launched against Salvini in connection with illegal migration “a disgrace” for the left and the whole of Europe.

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