After three years of war, Hungary will take off with a flying start in 2025, instead of the politics of war, the politics of the years of peace will return, and the country will once again have great economic successes, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated in his annual review interview with Magyar Nemzet, published in the newspaper's Tuesday issue.
In the interview, the prime minister explained that there are no easy years in politics, but "the stars in the sky have never been this bad", the last four years were the most difficult period since he has been involved in political life since the regime change.
He said he had never experienced such an unlucky period
in the western part of the world, there are several "alien, dangerous ideals, unable to defend their countries" leaders in power at the same time.
"After the 2020 election, which was obviously rigged to deprive Donald Trump of the presidency, Angela Merkel, the strong and stable chancellor of Germany, left within a year, and France's complicated political system also began to show its ugliest face," the Prime Minister listed. noting that a conflict "beyond our strength" with Russia also began at this time.
Regarding the return of Donald Trump, the Prime Minister indicated that the foreign policy of a healthy-minded country is to gather friends, i.e. to have as many countries in the world as possible that are interested in the success of Hungarians.
In addition to the American president, Viktor Orbán mentioned the Chinese, Turkish, Israeli and Russian presidents as partners and friends, emphasizing that all Hungarians should derive tangible benefits from these friendships.
Hungarians will benefit significantly from the fact that there will be a fair visa system and an agreement excluding double taxation between Hungary and the United States, and strong American capital investments will come to Hungary - Viktor Orbán stated, adding that the world will also be safer, we are getting closer to peace, "maybe we'll make it."
Regarding European politics, the prime minister stated in the interview,
after the fall of communism, a new kind of political struggle takes place in the western world, the liberals build international world governance and a progressive world order, while the patriots who oppose them insist on a world order organized on the basis of nations.
Now, with the victory of Donald Trump, the patriots have been given a chance to change their fate, and the European patriots have organized themselves, which will also be seen in the cooperation between America and Europe, the Prime Minister declared.
According to Viktor Orbán, the European patriots were strengthened by the victory of Donald Trump, but they did not gain a majority, therefore " the struggle continues ", in which they want to establish cooperation with the European conservatives and make it clear to the member parties of the European People's Party that "the real Christian democratic right and tradition are it is with the patriots and not with them.”
"First, we will rearrange the European party map, and then we want to take over the management of the European Commission through the majority in the European Parliament," said the Prime Minister, adding that it will take a few years to implement this.
Speaking about the Hungarian presidency of the EU, Viktor Orbán said that the Hungarian presidency will be remembered for a long time, as it was the one that launched a peace mission, expanded the Schengen area, advanced Balkan integration, created an agreement between the ministers of agriculture, and - by adopting the Budapest declaration on competitiveness - also managed to reach an agreement on the scenario for saving the European economy.
Mentioning the state of the domestic economy, the Prime Minister said that Hungary had endured three years of war, "we tried to overtake it around the corner" and even turn the war situation somewhat to our advantage, but no one in Europe succeeded in this. At the same time, the Prime Minister called it a serious achievement that Hungary did not sink back and did not reach the same state in terms of competitiveness as most European economies.
"So now, when the war is over, we can take off. The person who has completed the preparation and grounding, warmed up, knows which starting grid to line up in, and knows when the starting gun will go off can take off. We are prepared and will take off in 2025. Instead of war politics, the politics of the years of peace will return, and we will again have great economic successes"
he declared.
He stated that the war will end in 2025, " either by the successful conclusion of peace negotiations, or by the destruction of one of the warring parties."
Referring to Hungarian domestic politics, Viktor Orbán said in the interview that it is good for the country if the political debates are about facts and important things, preferably in an intelligent way and offering solutions, but if the " aggressive heat wave " becomes dominant, which has now been brought about by the new opposition strategy , that's definitely not good.
"This time, representatives from Brussels were appointed to replace us, who chose this type of weapon. We will fight them too"
- he stated, noting that Hungary must maintain its EU membership and seek cooperation with Brussels, but it must not follow Brussels' path. He added that the bureaucracy in Brussels is big and powerful, has a lot of money and assets, and anyone who deviates from their guidelines must constantly fight for its sovereignty, and Hungary is doing just that.
"But if we hadn't done this, then Hungarian families would have to pay three to four times as much for energy as they do now, then the Magdeburg scenes could also happen in Hungarian cities, and our money is also included in the 300 billion euros that the Westerners took to Ukraine would be, and meanwhile we wouldn't know how to get out of a war that is impossible to win, " the Prime Minister stated.
MTI
Cover photo: Viktor Orbán's Fabecook page
