“They rushed at us and it was a political slap. When there are ten of them per person, that’s rock-and-roll,” Orbán said on Kossuth Radio’s talk show on Friday.
The Hungarian Prime Minister emphasized that he tried to be polite, but the attacks were so brutal that he finally decided not to give in so as not to owe anyone anything. “I used all my abilities to defend Hungary,” he added.
He wrote on his account on the X network that he hoped to be able to join the debate on the Hungarian presidency. “Instead, the MEPs turned the debate into a party-political confrontation. I deeply regret it, but I could not remain silent… if Hungary is attacked, I will defend my country!’
European Parliament President Ursula von der Leyen said in Strasbourg on Wednesday that Hungary threatens European security and criticized Budapest’s relations with Russia and China.
“The world saw the horrors of the Russian war. And yet there are still some who blame the war not on the invader, but on the attacked. There are still some who blame the war not on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s desire for power, but on Ukraine’s desire for freedom. That’s why I want to ask them, would they blame the Hungarians for the Soviet invasion in 1956?” said Von der Leyen in her speech. Orbán rejected any parallels between the Hungarian anti-communist uprising of 1956 and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
MEP for the German Free Democratic Party (FDP) Moritz Körner even called Orbán a useful idiot of Russia and China in his speech. “He wasn’t having fun,” he wrote afterwards on the X network.
“They want another government”
According to Orbán’s statement to Kossuth Rádió, von der Leyen and the chairman of the European People’s Party, Manfred Weber, basically admitted in their speeches that they want to overthrow the Hungarian government.
“They announced that they want a different government because the national and sovereign Hungarian government does not suit them,” Orbán claims, adding that von der Leyen and Weber would like to see the current Hungarian opposition politicians in power in Budapest. At the same time, he appointed MEP Klára Dobrevová (wife of former Socialist Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsánya) and MEP Péter Magyar (chairman of the opposition party Tisza).
Brussels mercenaries
“You should fulfill what Brussels is asking for. This is Hungary’s entry into the war in Ukraine by supplying them with weapons and money from the Hungarian budget, they would support the migration policy and the admission of migrants, they would abolish laws for the protection of children and families, they would enter the economic cold war,” said Orbán.
The Hungarian Prime Minister described Dobreva and Magyar as “Brussels mercenaries” who should impose the will of Brussels on the Hungarians. “This is something similar to socialism and the Soviet Union, but we already overcame that thirty years ago. We don’t want that anymore, we are a free country and Hungarians will decide what they want. I announced right on the spot that we will oppose the government that Brussels wants to delegate to us,” added Orbán.
