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Orbán’s grand strategy until 2040: Drawing Western European Christians en masse to Hungary
As has occurred for centuries, the Hungarian government would once again seek to attract Western European families who wish to live according to Christian values. According to the Orbán government, Hungary possesses all the necessary conditions for this, with its outstanding public safety being a particularly strong advantage.
Self-reliant Hungary
It is a regular topic in the Hungarian press that German pensioners in particular are fond of choosing Hungary as their new homeland and are moving here in droves. The reason is not only that they can live much better here on their German-level pensions, but also that public safety, especially in cities, is better, and the Balaton or Budapest evoke childhood and youthful memories for many.
Government commissioner László György has built on this, among other things, in formulating the “self-reliant Hungary” strategy, according to which our country would rank among the EU’s top three for liveability by 2040. This hurrah-optimistic piece makes no mention at all of the astonishing difficulties of Hungary’s population policy, the high proportion of working-age people emigrating, the ageing society, or the growing population in lagging regions who are deprived socially, culturally, and educationally.
In the commissioner’s view, the Hungarian government has achieved astonishing results compared to the ruins it inherited from the socialists and liberals in 2010. These days, we live in times when we must be grateful if something is not lost but simply remains unchanged. He believes, in any case, that the Hungarian economy will take off the moment peace dawns (there is a chance of this thanks to Trump, though the Financial Times suggests the price would be handing Ukraine’s defensive lines in the Donbas region over to the Russians).
Western European Christians to arrive en masse
According to László György, Hungary must prepare for the fact that it will effectively become a magnet for intra-European migration. The reason is our excellent public safety, which already places us in the world’s top 10%, so masses of Western Europeans who want to live in a Christian way will soon choose it as their new homeland. In his view, the primary reason is that while Spain registers 135 robberies per 100,000 people and France 92, Hungary has just 5.5, as Index wrote.
So Orban’s “Grand Strategy” is to turn Hungary into a massive retirement home for Germans. The job of the few young Hungarians who don’t leave the country is to work to provide personal care waiting hand and foot for these Germans.
Nah, they’ll be getting their social security payments from their home countries, generated, I’m sure, by all the oh-so industrious “New Europeans” who have been invading Europe since circa 2015.
Good, so long as they don’t get voting rights. Many of them are responsible for turning Western Europe into third-world cesspits by persistently and stubbornly voting for the UniParty.
Sehr gut!
Ich bin dabei 😀
The grand plan: lure pious Western Europeans tired of muggings with our world-class 5.5 robberies per capita, then solve our demographic crisis with an army of German pensioners seeking cheap goulash and nostalgia. 😂
By 2040, we’ll have cherry-picked the best parts of Holland, and Singapore to create a utopia, all while ignoring that our own youth are fleeing low wages and our elderly care system is crumbling.
The strategy’s brilliance is only matched by its detachment from the very real “astonishing difficulties” the article itself briefly mentions before rushing back to the fantasy.
It’s all very well luring people from elsewhere in Europe, but what you really need are those of working age, in particular those with valuable skills and experience and the potential to earn above average wages, making a positive contribution to the economy. At present the idea that a working age foreigner would move from western Europe to Hungary is laughable; a handful of course do, usually due to having a homesick Hungarian spouse. By being attractive first and foremost to retirees, you import a giant burden for your health and social care sector and because pensions are not taxed in Hungary (in and of itself serving as a magnet for retirees), you end up with a net financial burden that serves to make Hungary (even) older demographically and (even) poorer than it already is.