ROME — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Sunday highlighted “irreconcilable differences” with the European Union, particularly on issues of migration and gender theory.
The state of the nation at the end of the year interview “We will not allow them to turn Hungary into Magdeburg by imposing stupid rules on us. That means accepting immigrants who will change our lives forever,” Orbán said on Hungarian public television. said.
The chancellor was referring to the recent deadly Christmas market attack in the eastern German city of Magdeburg. The attack was carried out by a Saudi immigrant who was working as a psychiatrist and assisting other asylum seekers from his home country.
Orbán on Saturday as well said Budapest's independent media said there was “no doubt that there is a link” between migration and terrorism, and claimed that EU leaders “want Magdeburg to happen to Hungary too”.
In June last year, the European Court of Justice ordered Hungary will pay a fine of 200 million euros for failing to comply with EU immigration rules and an additional 1 million euros per day until it brings its policies in line with EU law.
Prime Minister Orban pledged that Hungary would not change its immigration and asylum policy despite any ruling by the EU Supreme Court, noting that such issues concern national sovereignty and are beyond Brussels' competence. did.
In an interview with Hungarian television on Sunday, the prime minister continued that there are other issues on which Hungary has “irreconcilable differences” with the EU, including the issue of “gender issues.”
“It is no coincidence that we are in court. We are being sued,” he said, accusing Hungary of denying gender theory “activists” admission to school.
“And we think it doesn't concern them. We will never settle on this issue,” he said.
In the same interview, Prime Minister Orbán expressed confidence in the resurgence of patriotic movements around the world, pointing specifically to President Trump's victory in the United States in November.
“Brussels is one step behind. With President Trump in office, the world will change, patriots will be strengthened and the entire Western world will be reshaped,” Orbán said. said.
Last week, Hungary's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Levente Magyar expressed similar confidence that President Donald Trump's return to office would repair the currently strained relationship between the United States and Hungary.
In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News after Viktor Orbán's meeting with Trump and Elon Musk in Florida, Magyar said, especially regarding economic and strategic issues such as resolving the Ukraine-Russia war, He emphasized the disconnect between Hungary and the Biden administration and the affinity with the new leadership. .
