On an ideological basis, the Hungarian government has significantly more friends within the Republican Party in the United States of America than in Western Europe, said Prime Minister Gergely Gulyás at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Hungary 2022 in Budapest on Friday.
In his opening speech on the second day of the forum, the head of the ministry emphasized that, in terms of the main direction of the Republican Party, it is significantly closer to the perception of the Hungarian government. According to him, this is because the Western European Christian Democratic right accepts that the standard is set by the left, the liberals, and more recently the Greens, and tries to operate within these rules.
When the European Parliament makes a decision that men can also give birth, it is no wonder that many of us feel that the continent's main political direction, the liberal-green-left direction, has moved away from us, said Gergely Gulyás. He added that it is easy to show an alternative, because it is only necessary to say what the Hungarian constitution says, that the father is a man and the mother is a woman.
He noted: the constitution no longer says that, perhaps it would be absurd to say that men cannot give birth, but "absurdities are not far from reality in Europe today". Therefore, he called it extremely important to clearly record those political positions, opinions, unquestionable and self-evident truths, without which it is not worth participating in politics.
The minister in charge of the Prime Minister's Office said that since 2010, the government has done a lot to ensure that self-evident truths are present in Hungary, that no one questions them, and that they are clearly recognizable in all areas of life.
He noted: After the regime change in Hungary, those who were previously among the operators of the communist dictatorship wanted to say what liberal democracy is like. They, he continued, regard the current government with "unbridled hatred" precisely because it did not allow this to happen and won democratic elections against them for the fourth time since 2010.
He indicated: There is a conservative press in Hungary and there is also a strong civil, center-right, conservative presence in the think tank world, which provides an opportunity for political competition and also for clarifying basic rules in other areas of life.
He called economic competitiveness and everyone having the opportunity to work as such a rule. He emphasized: In 2010, the government abolished the aid system, which "seemed distinctly communist from the United States," and introduced a state public works program. As a result of the government's measures, unemployment from 12 percent has now dropped to 3.5 percent, and one million more people are working than a decade ago, he said, adding that this is an unparalleled achievement in the 32 years since the system change.
He also drew attention to the fact that the government was also able to achieve results in the practical actions that follow from ideology. He cited the Magyar Falu program as an example, thanks to which – against the effects of urbanization – the population grew in 1,200 of Hungary's 3,200 small settlements.
According to him, this is also a good example of how an ideologically clear conservative policy has practical consequences, and if the implementation is good, it will also have practical benefits for the country, individuals and the political community.
At an event organized by the Center for Fundamental Rights and the American Conservative Union (ACU), the minister wished the American Republicans to achieve great success in the midterm elections in November, and that the candidates who stand on similar ideological foundations as the Hungarian ruling party perform well.
Gergely Gulyás expressed his hope that in the long term there will be a conservative government in Hungary that the current government of the United States can look upon as a partner, and indicated that he is confident that the time will come when there will be a conservative president and a conservative majority in both houses in the United States.
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