PM Orbán: Europe needs strategy not tactical responses
One, he said, was “the liberal, leftist, progressive, semi-Marxist approach that supports multiculturalism and migration.” This vision, he added, was “anti-family and against nations and nation states, and considers Christian social teachings irrelevant.” He described the opposing vision as one founded on “our inherited Christian culture”. This, he said, was anti-communist, committed to the concept of the family and saw national identity as an asset.
The prime minister said he believed the only way to keep Europe united alongside these differences was for western Europe to accept and respect the differing views of central Europe without trying to force its own views onto the region. The fundamental condition for keeping Europe united is that “central Europeans cannot be told how to live their lives”, he said.
As regards the bloc’s next seven-year budget, Orbán said the
EU budget had been “a success story for the past 30 years”, pointing out that although there had always been disagreements, the member states ultimately always found a solution that worked for everyone.
“The same kind of compromise needs to happen this time, too.”
As regards the planned Next Generation EU fund, the prime minister said the name of the proposal should be taken literally, arguing that the loan that constitutes the fund would have to be paid back by the bloc’s next generation.
Hungary does not like to manage crises by borrowing, Orbán said, adding, however, that this approach would have to be accepted in the interest of aiding the member states facing financial hardship. The funds should be distributed fairly and flexibly, he said, adding that he expected negotiations on the matter to be “tough”.
Orbán praised the conference’s other two speakers, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa, calling them “great patriots” who had “devoted a lot of energy to the struggles for the freedom and sovereignty of their nations”. He said that while there were many politicians in leadership positions in central Europe who had played an active role in reshaping Europe and dismantling communism, the only such leader in western Europe was German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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I am not a Hungarian but I will say there is no leader in Europe who has done more to protect Europe than Orban Viktor. He clearly sees the problems in Europe and he has solutions.
The Left hate him because they know he has the ideas to defeat them. He will not take the knee!
As long as Orban is in power Hungary has a strong voice and strong position in Europe. Hungary is a small country of 10 million in a EU of 300 million yet it leads in many areas. It is on friendly relations with USA, Russia and China.
Does anyone seriously think that the Mayor of Budapest could take on that role in the world?