Former Czech President Václav Klaus said he would be watching Sunday’s election results in Hungary with great anticipation. “As a long-term friend of Hungary and – and this should be stressed – a personal friend, colleague, and supporter of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, I will be very nervous on Sunday, especially in the evening, waiting for the results of the Hungarian Parliamentary elections” he stated.
In his opinion, many things are at stake in Hungary, in its neighboring countries, and in Europe in general. “The elections will confirm the very unique path of Hungarian political developments, will give Prime Minister Orbán another chance to continue his leadership, will guarantee Hungarian independence, and will reaffirm the special way of organizing Hungarian society, which has been realized in the last decades,” he explained.
At the same time, he acknowledged that securing another electoral victory after more than a decade and a half in power would not be easy.
“It will not be easy to win the elections again after 16 years of leading the country.
Prime Minister Orbán will have to overcome not only the domestic opposition, but also foreign enemies who have been extensively and aggressively interfering in Hungarian affairs for a long time.”
Their composition is very diverse, but their efforts are united by the European Union’s goal to submit under control the last EU member country, which tries to pursue an independent policy, which dares formulate its own sovereign ideas, which does not want to lose its nation state, and which does not want to accept being ruled from the outside.”
Following the #V4 summit in Prague, @PM_ViktorOrban held discussions with former Czech Presidents Milos Zeman and Václav Klaus, with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico joining the meeting with Mr. Zeman.
The informal conversations celebrated Hungarian-Czech political and… pic.twitter.com/nnyyQPOdAh
— Zoltan Kovacs (@zoltanspox) February 27, 2024
He believes that there are many Europeans who actively oppose the “European political unification orchestrated from Brussels”, but there is no other country, which would do that as an EU member state. “Especially in this respect, the Hungarian elections are not only about Hungary. If the opponents of Europe of nation-states, of Europe of independent countries, of Europe of “Vaterländer” succeed in winning the Hungarian elections, we will all lose. We in the neighbouring countries of Hungary, we in Central- and Eastern Europe, we in the former communist countries, who – thanks to our special experience – have very different views on the ways and forms of European cooperation than those who did not have this experience.”
The ‘old’ EU countries do not see this so clearly, which can be proven by their underestimation of the negative and undemocratic European developments in the last decades.”
Referring to Hungary’s past, Klaus expressed confidence in the Hungarian people. He stated:
“I believe not only in Viktor Orbán, but also in the wisdom and rationality of Hungarian people, in the demos of Hungary, in the proud Hungarians who demonstrated their commitment to their own historical country so visibly in 1848-49 and in 1956, as well as in many other moments.
Hungarians do not want to be lost in the European liberal democratic goulash.”
Their victory will be a victory for all European democrats who are in favor of friendly and voluntary cooperation among European member states, but who oppose involuntary political unification of our continent.”
Via latoszogblog.hu; Featured photo: MTI/Miniszterelnöki Sajtóiroda/Fischer Zoltán
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