The former MEP representative accepted Mária Schmidt's invitation and will henceforth be a staff member of the Free Europe Institute. According to Viktor Orbán, it was time for the politician to return, and András Schiffer could not ignore the homophobia that appeared among the progressives upon hearing the news.
"I accepted the honorable invitation of Director General Mária Schmidt and within the framework of the Foundation, my colleagues and I established the Free Europe Institute. With the establishment of the Institute, a new phase of a long-standing, close cooperation begins," reads the statement of former EP representative József Szájer on the 21st. century Institute's official site .
"We believe in the principle of European integration based on national sovereignty,
we stand for freedom, we reject the idea of the United States of Europe and we agree with the Basic Law of Hungary,
according to which the basis of European cooperation is the independence of the member states, in which the nations do not renounce their sovereignty in favor of the Union, but exercise it jointly through the EU institutions," said József Szájer.
He also introduced some of their more important programs that will be launched in the near future. These included the development of an independent concept of Europe and a complex sovereignty index suitable for comparison for the member states of the European Union. Also, the preparation of a draft Charter of the Rights of Nations.
The statement also revealed that
in the framework of the Institute, his future personal activity, although it also affects basic political issues, will be of an intellectual, professional, analytical and advisory nature.
Szájer recalled that his professional life as a politician ended in 2020, and he accepted the responsibility by resigning. He added, "I will not return to the difficult, trying battlefield of politics" .
He emphasized that his political position remains unchanged. He also revealed that
he used the last four years for spiritual construction,
meanwhile, he also had to deal with a serious illness. "I am now tackling new tasks renewed. My future expressions will be limited to intellectual issues - my private sphere does not belong to that," he stated, as quoted by Mandiner .
Viktor Orbán also reacted
Telex contacted Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister's press chief, and asked what he thinks about the return of József Viktor Szájer Orbán
It's about time"
– this was the answer received by the portal. Havasi put it this way: the prime minister regularly meets with József Szájer, " because they have been friends since their university days" .
I think European reporters investigating homophobia get their information from here.
"It's beautiful to see how, upon the news of the return to public life of my former Roman law teacher, József Szájer, the buzzing, pedophile post+comment stream started. I think European reporters investigating homophobia get their information from here." - he added to the vilification prevailing in connection with the news András Schiffer's Facebook page.
Cover photo: MTI/Zoltán Balogh
