Hungary is one of the last refuges of normality and true European values, and if we "stick to what is right", we can survive, and even come out of the current troubled period stronger - emphasized Speaker of the House László Kövér in an interview given to the World Union of Hungarian Freedom Fighters in 1956.

Recalling the 1956 revolution, the victory in Nándorfehérvár and the events of 1848-49, the President of the Parliament assessed in the October issue of the newspaper Lámpás that the Hungarian nation, which may not be considered too large in terms of population, was "the beginning of the world at the collision point of history" several times. According to him, in these struggles we not only defended our own freedom, our Christian and national identity, but also stood up as a defensive bastion of the West.

Thanks to this, the political elite always let us down, plundered us if possible, and tried to subjugate and humiliate us quite a few times, and when it was in their interest, pushed us into the clutches of the despised "barbarian" East, he said.

László Kövér described today's Europe as: "it is in mortal danger" because "agents of foreign interests, talentless scumbags, bought or blackmailed scoundrels and neo-Bolshevist cadres have taken over."

On the other hand, according to him, Hungary is "one of the last refuges of normality and true European values".

There is still a chance to survive - emphasized the speaker, adding that we can survive and even come out of this troubled period stronger if we "stand by our truth" and "our communities" and if society sees itself as nationally committed, Christian, the conservative part will persist even in the difficult years ahead. He noted that this could be the case even if the western, larger part of Europe does not survive, which he believes also has a significant chance.

In relation to today's assessment of the 1956 revolution and freedom struggle, the Speaker believed that the works of historians in recent years and the memory policy efforts of the past decade have "put everything right", at least given the opportunity for everyone to form an objective and realistic picture of what happened then and about their significance to this day.

Despite all this, the "puff mentality" is still alive today - emphasized László Kövér, citing as examples the "disgraceful sabotage of the Biszku trial", the "disgraceful action of the Hungarian left-wing representatives against their country" in the European Parliament, or the taboo breaking by some "young historians who want to stand out intended provocations".

According to him, within the framework of parliamentary democracy, the only way to do this is to try to strictly sanction the crossing of a certain border. He noted that this had "very painful, pocket-cutting consequences" for quite a few opposition representatives, but these "heavy sums of money" were a restraining force in the second half of the last parliamentary term.

In the interview, the Speaker of the House also spoke about the fact that in today's globalized world there are financial and economic power groups whose less and less hidden ambition is to "realize world governance without nation-state democracies". According to him, this endeavor fits in well with the fact that the level of public discourse should be brought as deep as possible through the media and through the selection of parliamentary or political topics, so that people lose confidence in the political elite and the political institutional system in general, and then they do not feel compelled to for its protection if the danger of loss of sovereignty becomes immediate and obvious.

László Kövér called it tragic that in this process "the Western political and intellectual leadership - betraying its own people - acts as an active promoter".

In a special memorial published in the newspaper, the President of the Parliament bid farewell to Mária Wittner, a freedom fighter from 1956 who died recently.

"The departure of Mária Wittner is a great loss for our community, for all freedom-loving Hungarians, for the entire nation," he wrote.

Praising Mária Wittner and János Horváth, who passed away three years ago, the former co-speaker of the Parliament, he said: in addition to the fact that they were wise and lovable, good people, in their person history sat down beside us and gave us a kind of moral acknowledgment that we are on the good side.

"The bar has been set high for us, but we are trying to remain worthy of the honor of

what their friendship meant," emphasized László Kövér.

Source: Mandarin

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