Orbán’s Italian getaway: luxury hotel stay and exclusive seafood dinner – VIDEO
Viktor Orbán dined with his wife Anikó Lévai and Mária Schmidt on Saturday on the shores of Lake Iseo in Italy, according to an Italian press report.
As we wrote yesterday, Matteo Salvini, leader of the Italian League party, invited the Hungarian prime minister to their annual party meeting, which is why he was in the country. Related article – Orbán: Italians and Hungarians are freedom fighters who will never give up their countries to foreigners
According to reports, Orbán, Lévai, Schmidt, and their entourage arrived at the Al Porto restaurant in the municipality of Clusane at around 7 PM on Saturday.
According to the Qui Brescia newspaper, the head of government, sampled a local speciality, compote baked with polenta, while they ordered salami, cheese, and fish as starters. Orbán reportedly had tagliatelle pasta with freshwater crabs before the compote, while his wife had tagliatelle with fish.
The articles also say that the Hungarian prime minister was greeted with a small round of applause at the restaurant and spent the night at the luxury Villa Bondelli resort in Bornato. Quotidiano Nazionale also published a video of the outing, which can be watched here:
Mária Schmidt, a long-time friend of the Orbán family and director of the House of Terror Museum, appears to be gaining increasing political influence. During Viktor Orbán’s visit to North Macedonia, she was seated prominently next to the Prime Minister, signalling her close ties to the leadership. Related article – PM Orbán: North Macedonia should already be an EU member state
Schmidt recently defended Balázs Orbán, the Prime Minister’s strategic director, after his controversial statement that Hungary, unlike Ukraine, would not have defended itself against Russian military aggression, avoiding a bloody military conflict. Read details HERE: Official of Orbán cabinet says they would NOT have defended Hungary in case of a Russian invasion – UPDATED with PM Orbán’s reaction. Schmidt argued that “the 1956 revolution and struggle for freedom cannot be compared with Russia’s aggression against Ukraine,” emphasising Hungary’s identity as a nation of freedom fighters. Meanwhile, Balázs Orbán has since been trying to clarify his remarks, describing the media’s coverage of his original statement as a smear campaign.
Leggi l’articolo in italiano – La fuga italiana di Orbán: soggiorno in hotel di lusso e cena esclusiva a base di pesce – VIDEO
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In Italy today with my friends and allies @AndreCVentura, @matteosalvinimi and @PM_ViktorOrban
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European league of Fascists.
It is okay until they start to disagree with each other. And when they do disagree, then they will start to fight each other.
Hope P.M. Orban enjoyed himself. He was due for a treat. It is always nice to meet political friends, only former President Trump was missing from the group. It is time that conservatism which represents Peace, Prosperity and Security was reestablished once more in Europe.