What would Hungarian parties like to do in the European Parliament? – part 2

Hungarians as a whole are referred to in the European press as if they wanted to destroy the European Union. However, of course, there are several parties with different thoughts about shaping the future of the EU. Government parties see May 26 as an opportunity to take control over the European Commission and Parliament while opposition parties regard it as an important milestone in defeating government parties in the local elections this fall. We collected for you the most important messages of the Hungarian parties for the next EU term. Part 2.

If you happen to have missed the first part of our analysis, click HERE and read what the Hungarian Socialists (MSZP), the Democratic Coalition (DK) or the Momentum Movement (MM) would like to stand for in the next session.

Governing parties Fidesz and Christian Democrats (KDNP)

2014 result: 1,193,991 votes, 51.48 pc, 12 seats

Politico.eu prognosis for 2019: 55.08 pc, 14 seats

As it was during the parliamentary elections of 2018 resulting in the landslide victory for the governing parties (which is expected again), Fidesz-KDNP

concentrates on stopping immigration towards Europe

and communicates that this issue is the most important one on May 26. Therefore, they do not talk about, for example, environmental protection, the changing of the distribution of EU funds or helping the autonomy movements of the ethnic minorities like the Hungarians living in the Carpathian Basin – which are significant points in the programs of other Hungarian parties.

Regarding their vision of the future of Europe, they support a Europe of nations. This, according to them, means weaker Brussels, no more steps towards a tighter integration and instead of taking common measures to stop migration, they believe that each country has to protect itself as Hungary did in 2015. PM Orbán’s party, Fidesz, and their ally, the Hungarian Christian-Democrats (KDNP) think that immigration is

organised by US billionaire philanthropist George Soros

who wants to create a multicultural Europe, destroy its nations and the Christian faith. Therefore, Soros bought the loyalty of some top European Commission (EC) and Parliament (EP) officials like EC head Jean-Claude Juncker or ALDE leader Guy Verhofstadt who the Hungarian government attacked hard in the last few months.

In fact, Fidesz candidates did not take part in any debates organised before the EP elections (like THIS one) and did not publish a detailed program only an outline containing seven points. According to that, they would like the EU to stop issuing prepaid debit cards and “migrant visas” to migrants. Neither should they give any more money to organisations linked to US financier George Soros. Instead, these groups should pay for member states’ border protection measures. Further, no one should face discrimination for identifying as Christian, and

EU institutions should have anti-migration leaders. 

As we reported before, Fidesz decided to “voluntarily suspend its participation” in the activities of the European People’s Party (EPP) “for the time being” on March 20. The leaders of the ruling party have been emphasising since then that they would like to remain part of the biggest European party, but only if it stays clear from identifying fully with a pro-migration policy. In this regard, it is not good news that on May 6, PM Orbán announced that he withdrew support for current EPP parliamentary group leader and aspiring European Commission president Manfred Weber.