The Hungarian Prime Minister said in a speech in Budapest that EU leaders were driving the EU into isolation. He also said that the new US president and the EU’s right-wing faction will dominate politics in the future.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Europe had isolated itself from all important players in the new world order, including the new US leadership, Russia, China and Africa.
After the election of US President Donald Trump, however, and with the rise of Patriots for Europe – a right-wing faction in the European Parliament – Orbán said he expects these forces to come together and lead a “reconstruction of the Western world.” »
He made the remarks during a conference titled “A successful Hungarian presidency in 2024 – an opportunity for the European Union”, organized by the 21st Century Institute and the Mathias Corvinus Collegium in Budapest.
The Hungarian Prime Minister also accused EU leaders of leading the Union towards isolation, adding that “if everything remains unchanged, the EU could become an absolute loser in the new world order… we do not want not be losers, thank you.”
Declaring his admiration for the new US President Donald Trump, he said that “the Western world has a patriotic, pro-peace, pro-family and anti-migration president” in Washington, and that “in a few hours the sun will shine differently in Brussels. »
Viktor Orbán spoke of “a new president in America, of a great patriotic faction in Brussels, of great enthusiasm, of patriots who have proven themselves and who love their country”, adding that “the sick man of Europe today is the European Union.”
The symptoms are well known, he said, “because the EU cannot guarantee the peace and security of Europe and its immediate neighborhood, nor the prosperity of Europe, it cannot stop illegal immigration, it cannot give a perspective to agriculture, and Ukraine’s accession to the EU would destroy EU farmers.
-The Hungarian Prime Minister insisted that “Brussels bureaucrats” cannot be convinced of this, and that “while the EU accumulates failure after failure, Brussels institutions are constantly strengthening and seeking more powers.” “.
According to him, “in Brussels, we don’t think at all that the EU is sick. They think that the EU is working as it should, whereas the goal of European integration is integration itself, that is, the construction of a bureaucracy ruling over nation-states. .
Mr Orbán stressed that change was needed to “heal” the European Union and that this objective could be achieved “by political means, from outside and through conflict with Brussels”, or even using instruments within the EU. “We, Hungary, are in fact the opponents of the Brussels system.”
Brussels, he said, is “occupied by an oligarchy coordinated by the left-liberal, transatlantic elite,” which is federal rather than based on the sovereignty of nation-states.
Finally, Mr. Orbán, as often before, accused the American billionaire investor George Soros, born in Budapest, of financing a “united liberal front” which attacks sovereignists and patriots because, according to him, of their insistence to want the rule of law and the fight against corruption to apply in Brussels.
“They will use any means if necessary; they will promise positions, scholarships, appreciation, publicity, power and money; and if necessary, they will threaten you with fines, financial sanctions or strip you of your right to vote.”
Referring to Hungary itself, he said his country’s economic neutrality represented a different path than the EU’s expectations. He affirmed that the Hungarian economy is “doing well” and that state administration and national identity constitute a pioneering and courageous experience on a global level.
