The disastrous performance of the opposition, as well as the very well-structured campaign of the ruling party on defending the achieved results and preserving Hungary's independence and sovereignty contributed, said political scientist Tamás Lánczi in Kossuth radio's Sunday Newspaper program.
The analyst also called the professionalism of the Fidesz campaign very important. "Everyone knew what their job was, there were no idles," he said.
Tamás Lánczi underlined that the credibility of Fidesz is increased by the fact that people feel in their wallets that there has been a great economic strengthening in the last 12 years. He pointed out that, according to a survey, between 1970 and 2010, the Hungarian average wage increased by only 22 percent in real terms, while between 2010 and 2022, real earnings rose by 65 percent.
The analyst also spoke about how corruption is "a kind of crutch" in the hands of Western states, if they "want to enforce their interests against a country, they simply try to make people believe that this state is blatantly corrupt."
According to Tamás Lánczi, "corruption is everywhere, of course the extent varies, but in the European Union, in Hungary, corruption is not outstanding at all, or it does not have an extent that is eye-popping".
The political scientist cited as an example the regions of southern Italy, which have been receiving EU catch-up subsidies for 60 years, yet are in a "catastrophic state".
"There, for example, you could ask where the money went, but they don't ask that question," he added.
He emphasized that, on the other hand, the question of corruption is raised against Hungary, Poland and other countries because "quite simply, our political direction does not fit into the idea that they profess in Brussels ".
"We are starting to get to the point where we are becoming an unpleasant competitor for the Western states, and they are trying to enforce their interests, trying to push us back in a certain sense," he said.
According to the political scientist, one of the tools of this process is "corruption rhetoric", the essence of which is that they try to take away resources from Hungary by referring to corruption.
"This primarily serves the purpose of trying to prevent our comparative advantage, i.e. our advantage compared to them, or to discourage Hungary from that social policy, that political approach, which is apparently very, very successful, but it just doesn't fit the Brussels into liberal logic," explained Tamás Lánczi.
Source: MTI/vasarnap.hu
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