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Hungary is “a conservative island in the European progressive liberal ocean”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Budapest on Thursday.
Hungary today has a reputation in international politics, the prime minister told the event organised by the Center for Fundamental Rights, adding that this was “unusual” given that it is a country of 10 million people with a “modest army” and a medium-sized GDP.
Most of the interest in Hungary, he said, was driven by the fact that while “the entirety of Europe has been flooded by a progressive liberal ocean, by some miracle there remains a conservative island, an island of difference, that defies the liberal tide, the thunder of Brussels and the hurricane of Washington”. “Not only is it defiant, but it survives and prospers and keeps winning again and again,” the prime minister added.
Orbán said CPAC’s Budapest event was a conservative conference in Europe which was not under threat of being shut down, whose organisers were not threatened and which did not have the police called on it the way it had happened last week in Brussels.
Orbán: Elections worldwide must be won
The year 2024 “is the year of practice, not theory”: there will be elections worldwide that must be won, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC Hungary) in Budapest on Thursday.
In his keynote speech, Orbán said the elections coincided with great changes in world politics and geopolitical trends.
The world order is changing, and “we must take our cause to victory amid those changes,” he said.
Progressive liberals were feeling the threat, that the change of eras meant they would also be demoted, and the end of a progressive zeitgeist, he said. “They are ready for anything and they are still in power, so they are dangerous opponents without moral scruples.”
Orbán said progressive liberals would not hesitate to use the tools at their disposal, including state institutions. Similarly to the communists of old, now progressives had used five steps to turn state institutions into tools of oppression, he said.
Orbán: Sovereigntist world order to replace progressive-liberal one
An inglorious period of western civilisation could be concluded this year, by replacing the world built on progressive-liberal hegemony with a sovereigntist one, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in his opening address at the CPAC Hungary conference in Budapest on Thursday.
Orbán said the progressive-liberal world order had failed as it had only brought about wars and discord, economic collapse and chaos.
Its followers claimed that their job was to realise their own ideals rather than to represent the people, Orbán noted, adding that they had divided the world into democracies and autocracies and said that their role was to wage a crusade against autocracies.
“Advocates of this old world are still sitting in Brussels, and, although it is not my job to intervene in American politics, I’m afraid they are there in Washington as well,” Orbán warned.
This year, we will do our best to drive them out of there, Orbán said. “Let the age of the sovereigntists finally come, let’s return to the peaceful and safe path that made the West great,” Orbán said.
Orbán: MAGA
“Make America great again, make Europe great again, go Donald Trump, go European sovereigntists!”
Hungary is nowadays “a conservative island in the European progressive liberal ocean”, Orban said.
Hungary today has a reputation in international politics, the prime minister said, adding that this was “unusual” given that it is a country of 10 million people with a “modest army” and a medium-sized GDP.
Most of the interest in Hungary, he said, was driven by the fact that while “the entirety of Europe has been flooded by a progressive liberal ocean, by some miracle there remains a conservative island, an island of difference, that defies the liberal tide, the thunder of Brussels and the hurricane of Washington”. “Not only is it defiant, but it survives and prospers and keeps winning again and again,” the prime minister added.
Orban said CPAC’s Budapest event was a conservative conference in Europe which was not under threat of being shut down, whose organisers were not threatened and which did not have the police called on it the way it had happened last week in Brussels.
Contrary to wide-spread reports, the rule of law is robust in Hungary, “where people are free to organise any conference they choose, rent the place they like and say what they like”. Referring to the NatCon conference in Brussels earlier this month, Orban said he could not influence judges to issue decisions on such issues even if he wanted to. “Hungarians don’t like interference in their affairs.”
Orban should also respect sovereignty of countries that do not have the hungarian mindset. Anyway, i have already stated here all the lies this guy has been making in the past years. Shame in Hungarians that can not open their eyes and are being manipulated
Not sure how it’s good for Hungary and Hungarians when aligned with US CPAC Christian Nationalist or ultra conservatives, then use to promote ‘The Party’ or Fidesz as an example to follow, when like CPAC allied against the will of most Hungarians with a former invader, Russia?
There’s much collective narcissism amongst the ever narrowing and hollowed out stale leadership, kept afloat by ageing low info regional voters and pensioner populism, with bonuses and informed working age emigrating.
Too easy, claim international status to deflect from long term domestic issues.
Hungarian government is not “ultra conservative or ultra-right extremist”. The phrase was invented by western socialist media. If we are talking about extremism, it is extremist to allow millions of uneducated criminals into the EU, illegal aliens that will have to be supported for their life time; it is extremist to allow Muslims into a Christian countries, Muslim people do not assimilate, no-go-zones are formed; eventually the Muslim population in France and Germany will move to the same district and the group will ask for autonomy and eventually for separation of the territory to form a new nation.
It is extremist to brainwash minors about gender dysphoria and treat them with drugs that will affect them for the rest of their life instead of giving troubled children psychotherapy.
It is an extremist policy to add further debt on EU taxpayers to support a foreign war instead of trying to establish peace.
It is extremists’ policies to force citizens of a country to cede their culture so newcomers’ feelings will not be affected.
It is extremist for the EU to try to force chemically treated agricultural products of EU member countries; chemicals used will increase allergies in children as well as killing homeland agriculture.
CPAC and conservative governments serve the wishes of their voters. The interests of Globalists and other countries are ignored, the citizens welfare is paramount.
Finally, it is the extremist socialist policies of this EU Parliament that lowered the standard of living in all EU nations.