Former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the opposition party Fidesz have called on Prime Minister Péter Magyar to “immediately disclose the details of the von der Leyen–Magyar pact”. Orbán suggested that Magyar had traded away Hungarian interests in Brussels in return for funding. He also referred to possible concessions concerning the migration pact, LGBTQ issues, the tax system, and utility bills.
Orbán: Péter Magyar traded away Hungarian interests for money
Orbán and his party were reacting to the announcement on Friday by Magyar and von der Leyen that they had reached a political agreement on the release of 16.4 billion euros in EU funds allocated to Hungary. “What did you sell out of Hungarian interests to Brussels?,” Orbán asked on Facebook, adding “there’s no such thing as a free lunch.”
In a comment attached to the post, Orbán shared his party’s statement, showing that Magyar had reached a political agreement in Brussels regarding the return of EU funds due to Hungary that had been unlawfully suspended until now. “We know this. What we don’t know is what he promised in exchange,” it said.
The Fidesz statement said that the Orbán government had been negotiating with the EU for many years, so they are well aware of the list of demands from Brussels, which the previous cabinet always rejected. They said they know that reaching a political agreement with Brussels was only possible if Magyar accepted the demands of the von der Leyen administration.
Migration, LGBTQ issues, taxes, utility bills, price caps
“We call on him to immediately inform the public about what the von der Leyen-Peter Magyar pact contains regarding migration, LGBTQ issues, the tax system, utility bill reductions, protected prices, and pensions,” they said.
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In another statement sent to MTI on Friday afternoon, Fidesz called it unacceptable that Hungary’s prime minister has repeatedly accused the previous government of corruption while abroad, most recently in Brussels.
“In contrast, the truth is that today we know for certain of only one case of corruption, and that was committed by Peter Magyar himself as head of the Student Loan Center,” it said, adding that “moreover, he publicly admitted to committing the act of corruption”.
Magyar’s sharp reaction about what the EU asked in return for the funding
There was only one price that had to be paid for bringing home 6,000 billion forints (EUR 16.4bn) in EU funds: the complete elimination of [former Prime Minister Viktor] Orbán-era corruption, the prime minister said on Facebook on Friday. Péter Magyar added that the Hungarian government was happy to meet this condition. He was responding to a Facebook post by Orban calling on him to disclose “what he sold out of Hungarian interests to Brussels” in exchange for the release of EU funds.
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He’s still not in jail yet? It’s time to charge, trial and imprison this slimy criminal Russian agent called Orban.
What complete idiocy to try to make “utility bills” an issue when Hungary is recovering more than 16 billion euros that Orban lost for Hungarians. Migration and LGBTQ, taxes, etc. are all nonsense made up issues Fidesz has successfully used to dupe gullible people. 16.4 billion euros is going to go a long way to help Hungarians who are struggling after years of Fidesz corrupt rule.