The success of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's governance and the support of our conservative policy are increasingly stung by our critics, Zoltán Kovács, the state secretary responsible for international communication and relations, pointed out on his Facebook page on Sunday.
After the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Budapest, "it was obvious that the representatives of the Western mainstream media would quickly spring into action", Kovács wrote , adding that one opinion piece drew a direct parallel between the Hungarian CPAC and Nazism, while others mentioned fascism.
"Again, the blind obsession speaks volumes," said Zoltán Kovács, adding: "my experience tells me that the other camp loses its mind so much because we are doing something right."
On his Facebook page, the Secretary of State also shared his related opinion piece published on The Washington Times.
In it, he recalled that roughly two weeks ago, Hungary hosted the CPAC, a meeting of conservative political actors, experts and interest groups. He pointed out that the conference led by the American Conservative Union has already been held several times outside the United States, including in Brazil, Australia, South Korea and Japan, but this was the first event of its kind in Europe.
Zoltán Kovács emphasized: the large-scale event conveyed a positive message focusing on traditional conservative topics about God, country and family. "The cause of the nation is not a matter of ideology, but it is not even a matter of tradition."
"Churches must be protected and families must be supported because the nation is built from them. This also means that you have to stay on the side of the voters," the state secretary quoted Viktor Orbán's opening speech.
The conservative point of view provides answers to today's most difficult questions - regarding national identity and the preservation of our Judeo-Christian heritage, immigration and the family - stressed Zoltán Kovács, adding: as the Prime Minister and several speakers said at the event, these ideas are the people's are supported. Therefore, in order to protect them, it is necessary to encourage conservative movements, he stated.
According to the secretary of state, the violent reaction of liberal circles is not surprising, but at the same time, he considers it unusual "how loud and extreme the critics of the Orbán government have become". Among those who mentioned Nazism and fascism, he singled out a blogger who condemned Hungary because it is a "largely white country" that "created a proto-fascist, white nationalist government."
He also went on to say that, according to critics, this gathering was just a meeting of people "supporting Vladimir Putin's closest European ally". Some believe that Viktor Orbán's government "weakened the supervision of institutions" and "took a stand against the rights of immigrants and the LGBTQ community", and even "made the theory of population exchange a state ideology". The message of the Hungarian government was allegedly "poisonous" and "deadly", explained Zoltán Kovács.
the full article in Magyar Hírlap .
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