Thus, at the end of the year, it is worth saying a few words about how the parliamentary opposition is doing in Hungary, what state it is in, and what it can do.

First of all, let's start from the fact that there are democracies based on the rule of a dominant party, which function well, and there are democracies that also function well, where there are at least two governing alternatives, and the voters can decide between them in the parliamentary and municipal elections. As the experience of the year 2022, we can once again state that we have a clearly dominant party system, and there is currently no governing opposition in our country. In its current state, the opposition is not an opponent to be taken seriously. As a result, the public opinion survey data report month after month that the popularity of the government coalition is stable, essentially leading with a huge advantage over the seemingly strongest opposition party, DK, which does not even reach twenty percent.

The Hungarian electorate clearly see and understand that the leadership of the country should not be entrusted to this picketed opposition, which could have even dragged us into the Russian-Ukrainian war and thereby caused enormous damage to the country.

So the country is now in a situation where Fidesz-KDNP dominates political life, and this is a great fortune for all Hungarians, even for those with a leftist orientation, because even in this period full of crises, the Orbán government is able to represent the interests of the nation in the most effective way possible, both on the domestic and international stage.

But let's ask the question this way towards the end of the year: what is the reason why we got such a left-liberal opposition as part of the class? What is missing from this company in order to be a serious political factor?

There are at least two reasons for this.

The first is that, strange as it may seem, these left-liberal politicians are simply untalented. Maybe it's a bit strange to say it so bluntly, but in the end it would be a shame to embellish it in any way...

...Whichever way we twist it, among many other reasons, it is very important in politics, both on the left and the right, that people of outstanding ability appear in the political camps, who are quite simply capable of convincing both within their own party and in front of the electorate with public opinion that even a left-liberal party can lead the country with their guidance.

Viktor Orbán, on the other hand, is just such a person: he has proven and continues to prove for many years that he is able to unite an entire political camp, but he also gives all Hungarian citizens the sense of security that no matter where the cart turns, there will be a solution. so that we don't get stuck in the pothole.

Well, this is what analysts often say, and of course voters who sympathize with the left, that there is a "tremendous talent" on the left too, and this is none other than Ferenc Gyurcsány.

This sounds very appealing at first, but the situation is exactly the opposite: Ferenc Gyurcsány, the Ószöd liar, the eye-catcher, the political adventurer can be any talented, smart, skillful, quite simply the fact is that his personality is the biggest curse of the left-liberal opposition for. After all, between 2004 and 2009, Ferenc Gyurcsány clearly demonstrated in front of the country that his activities were "good" for plunging the country into the biggest moral, political, economic and social crisis. He waded into the soul of the country in 2006 and after.

However, the country does not forget this, even though Ferenc Gyurcsány and DK have followers, and it struggles to get close to twenty percent.

In other words, the personnel conditions are the worst possible for the left-liberal opposition: in principle, they have an "individual" who, like Viktor Orbán, is capable of leading his own camp, except that while the country began to develop under Viktor Orbán's government, it drifted into a total crisis under Ferenc Gyurcsány. A small difference between the two "talents". It would be better for the left if Ferenc Gyurcsány disappeared from political life, because then they would have an opportunity to reconsider the meaning and significance of their existence, activities, and political presence.

Of course, it is not my business to solve the problems of the left-liberal side, I am merely pointing out that Ferenc Gyurcsány is nothing more than the left's catch-22.

The other main reason why the left is unable to kick the ball is none other than their basic position that the international, globalist left-liberal circles know everything better than them, so they can do nothing but join them and follow their instructions, which is also why nor is it difficult for them, because these circles provide their Hungarian comrades with sufficient financial capital.

Action for Democracy, characterized by the names of Dávid Korányi and Gordon Bajnai, spoke in the spring election campaign about the need to support left-wing parties in order to win the elections. However, the facts revealed towards the end of the year already show that the globalist circles and the American government shamelessly started to strengthen the left-wing media and establish new media and centers in Hungary. A prime example of this is the latest initiative called Internews, in which the American democratic government, the Soros Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation, as well as Google and Facebook, are taking part, quite amazingly...

...DK, MSZP, LMP, Párbeszéd, Jobbik, Momentum - we can talk about any political party, their common feature is that they are unable to pursue national and sovereignist politics. This would not be "mandatory", they would not necessarily have to follow the examples of Béla Kun, Tibor Szamuely, Mihály Károlyi and their peers, who already considered blackening the country before foreign countries to be their most important mission a hundred years before.

Not only because, by examining European political history, we can see that there were left-wing or liberal politicians, political parties and governments that were able to consider the interests of their country as the most important point of origin or signal tower on the stage of domestic and international politics. If we are looking for examples, we can easily mention the German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt or, for example, the Spanish Socialist Prime Minister Felipe González, but we also have domestic examples, including Anna Kéthly or, if we wanted to give a modern example, the name of Katalin Szili comes to mind - perhaps it is not a coincidence , that the former socialist speaker switched to the side of the governing parties.

So it is not impossible or unimaginable for a left-wing or liberal politician to pursue national politics. But this is not given to us, here and now in Hungary, and it also causes serious damage to the country, because the Dobrevs, Benedek Jávor, Ádám Ficsor, Katalin Cseh, etc. its activities at home and especially abroad, in the Union, represent a "clear and present danger", i.e. a clear and present danger...

...If we can wish something for our nation, our beloved country, for 2023, it can hardly be other than to finally see left-liberal politicians with whom we can have meaningful and useful discussions about the fundamentals of national and sovereignist politics.

But I admit, for now, this is nothing more than "wishful thinking".

If so, we will continue our work without them. That's what we've done so far.

Source: Hungarian Nation

Author: Tamás Fricz, political scientist

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(Cover photo: Sándor Somfai/Demokrata )