[Grem] Orbán Viktor's State of the Nation address / Febr. 18th 2023

[Emoke Greschik]

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On Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at 7:33 PM Emoke Greschik <greschem at gmail.com> wrote:

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> https://2015-2022.miniszterelnok.hu/viktor-orbans-state-of-the-nation-address/
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> Viktor Orbán’s “State of the Nation” address
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>        source: miniszterelnok.hu
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> 18 February 2018, Budapest
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
> I am glad that we can be together again. I always greatly look forward to
> this meeting. The true challenge of my speech today has not been one of
> content. In fact, as regards thoughts and topics, I’m rather spoilt for
> choice. The true challenge was to do justice to this moment in time. First
> I had to take account of the fact that this is the 20th “State of the
> Nation” address. And also that we are coming to the end of our second
> consecutive term in office, after eight years. And then everyone is on the
> edge of their seats, because in just forty-nine days’ time the general
> election will be upon us. What’s more, this year is the thirtieth
> anniversary of our foundation of Fidesz. In the minutes ahead of me I have
> to skilfully weave all these themes together. But we have not come here
> today to express sympathy for the speakers on account of their intellectual
> dilemmas, but to listen to what they want to say.
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
> When we talk about the past eight years, we must be aware that the
> Hungarian people are imbued with some strange modesty – or rather false
> modesty. In my childhood I noticed that when we had finished planting, and
> everything was standing in textbook-perfect rows, the most that my parents
> would ever say was “We’re done”. I also remember that when tradesmen came
> to our house to repair something, their verdict on their own work was “It’s
> serviceable”. They would never say that something turned out well, and they
> especially wouldn’t say “I worked well today” or “We’ve done a great job”.
> In this there is a certain admirable restraint, a kind of simple dignity, a
> reluctance to praise oneself, but instead let the facts and one’s work do
> the talking. This is useful, and fine preparation for the journey of life.
> In politics, however, this standard is impossible to uphold. Opponents lack
> this kind of diffidence. Disparaging, disgusting and generally unfair
> accusations are heaped on us – rarely with any regard for where the
> boundaries might be. We shouldn’t follow their example, but neither should
> we let ourselves be punch bags. With appropriate modesty and restraint we
> should say that this eight years has turned out well. Indeed, we can say
> that it has turned out better than we expected. In terms of our timetable,
> we are perhaps further forward than we had planned. We committed ourselves
> to creating one million new jobs within ten years, and we have already
> reached the figure of 736,000. In curbing price inflation we didn’t
> envisage such spectacular outcomes. Indeed it’s also true that, despite all
> our optimism, we didn’t expect György Matolcsy to transform the National
> Bank at such a pace and with such swift results. Our thanks are due to him
> for that. Likewise, I only expected that a high rate of economic growth
> would enable us to pay pensioners a pension premium – the first in
> Hungary’s history – some time at the end of our tenth year. But that is
> what we were able to do last Christmas. Bravo, Mihály Varga! Developments
> in the national economy and construction projects are making fast progress
> – perhaps even too fast. Wherever we look, we see tower cranes and people
> working on construction sites. And I was only secretly hoping that we would
> be able to pull off an agreement on pay rises and tax reductions that trade
> unions, employers and the Government would all support. But we achieved
> that as well. Neither did I think that the Chamber of Agriculture would be
> able to reorganise itself so successfully, and that even in agriculture
> we’d be able to create so many new jobs. Additionally, small and
> medium-sized farms are also gaining in strength more rapidly than one could
> have reasonably expected. Thank you, Sándor Fazekas. Another pleasant
> surprise is that the number of Roma students in higher education has
> doubled. Hats off to Minister Zoltán Balog too!
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
> I expected – indeed I demanded – that our ministers of economy aim for
> full employment, and rescue families with excessive debt from the trap of
> foreign currency and other debt. With the introduction of new regulations
> they were also expected to ensure that people in Hungary could never again
> be cheated into debt, fleeced and forced into lifelong debt repayment. In
> other words, I was hoping that we would fix the economy and set it on an
> upward course, and that in terms of their finances everyone would be able
> take at least one step forward. I did not expect, however, that within just
> eight years our way of life, the way we live – in which culture, sport and
> education have always played an important role – would regenerate as fast
> as it has done. We can barely build enough tourist facilities, cycle paths,
> guest-houses and wellness hotels. The number of those involved in sport has
> more than doubled. Figures for theatre-goers have increased by 50 per cent,
> and for concert-goers by 100 per cent; and museums, festivals and cinemas
> are also nearing full capacity. It’s good to see that, despite every
> economic shock, the Hungarian people have remained a nation of culture.
> Marriage hasn’t gone out of fashion either. If everything had remained as
> it was in 2010, there would now be fifty thousand fewer of us. And even if
> we’re still not doing well in terms of demographics, on the whole this is a
> fine achievement. All in all, I can say that in this eight years we have
> achieved everything that could have been reasonably expected from us –
> especially in light of the international headwind we’ve been experiencing.
> As far as I see, even taking account of errata, these past eight years have
> not only been acceptable, but there are a number of achievements that we
> can be proud of. Our wish for Hungary is that any future eight years can be
> at least as good as these eight years have been.
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
> I must also openly say that anyone who claims that Hungary has already
> achieved its goals probably doesn’t know what they’re talking about. The
> final straight and the finish line are still a long way off. No one in
> their right mind disputes that Hungary now makes a better impression and
> looks in better shape than it did eight years ago. What’s more, we may
> perhaps also agree that Hungary is beginning to resemble a hardworking,
> well-organised and decent country. But it still doesn’t quite look as it
> should. It’s still not what it could be. It is now doing better, but still
> not as well as it could do, judging by its talent. We’re nowhere near the
> end of our work, and there’s still plenty to do.
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
> Let’s turn to the future. You all know me well, and so you know that I
> believe in simple things: in work, family and homeland. In the future also,
> this is all I can offer you. I believe that Hungary is a country where hard
> work is rewarded: those who work more, earn more. I believe that families
> form the unifying backbone of the entire country. I believe that everyone
> who commits to having children should be given all the support possible. I
> believe that mothers must be respected and honoured. And I believe that if
> we do just this, then in the Carpathian Basin there will be more of us
> Hungarians, rather than fewer. I believe that we Hungarians have a future
> if we remain Hungarian: if we cultivate the Hungarian language, defend our
> Christian and Hungarian culture, and preserve independence and Hungarian
> freedom. Well now, Dear Friends, this is the Hungarian model, and – as far
> as I can see – it works. Appreciating hard work, supporting families,
> retaining national identity and preserving independence: this is the future
> – and this future can be ours.
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
> The Hungarian model works not simply because the country’s leaders believe
> in it – although naturally that is essential. The Hungarian model is
> successful because millions of Hungarians believe in it. I remember that at
> the outset, when we announced this programme, we were still few in number.
> Those who supported the programme did so out of hope rather than belief.
> But step by step this changed, and eventually hope turned into belief.
> Millions of people now believe that hard work, family and homeland are not
> only fine and noble things, but can provide successful policy. To tell you
> the truth, of all the achievements of the past eight years, this is what I
> am proudest of. For this I am grateful – and we are all grateful – to the
> more than seven hundred thousand people who have taken advantage of the
> opportunity to enter the workforce and to support their families not
> through welfare payments but through work. Our sincere thanks are due to
> the Hungarian business owners who believed in us, who accepted the risks,
> invested in the future and created jobs. Together, working people and
> business owners creating jobs forged the success of the Hungarian economy.
> And we also owe a debt of gratitude to every young Hungarian who has set
> out on the path of building a family. The number of marriages has risen by
> 46 per cent. The magic number that scientists refer to as the fertility
> rate has risen from 1.23 to 1.49: it’s a promising start, but a long way
> from 2, which would provide for our long-term survival. That is still far
> off, but not entirely beyond our reach.
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
> A precondition of all future plans is that we are free to follow our own
> path. Only independent nations which are not at the mercy of others can
> follow their own paths. Today we’re no longer financially beholden to
> anyone. Once again we have Hungarian public utility companies, and so
> families are not paying the profits of multinational companies through
> their utility bills. The era of our energy dependence has also come to an
> end: at no small cost in terms of money and effort we have built the
> necessary pipelines, and so gas will come to Hungary not only from Russia,
> but also from Romania – and even from Poland. More than 50 per cent of the
> banking system is in Hungarian ownership, as is more than 50 per cent of
> the Hungarian media. There is no national independence without a Hungarian
> banking system and Hungarian media. By way of warning, however, I must tell
> you that although we have our independence now, it’s not like jam: it
> doesn’t keep on the shelf, and from time to time it must be defended. So
> please do not forget that we must not deliver the fate of the country into
> the hands of the internationalists.
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
> Preparing for the election, we can confirm that we have managed to do
> something that no other party has been able to do: we have remained united.
> And as we have managed to stay united with each other, we have also managed
> to unite the country. We have succeeded in rallying the majority behind the
> effort to attain important goals; and on the most important issues – such
> as independence, defence of the borders and migration – we have even
> managed to forge an enormous unity which crosses party political lines.
> This is a great achievement in these times of polarisation and discord. In
> Hungarian politics, Ladies and Gentlemen, we offer continuity and
> experience. Our bloodline extends from the first democratic election to the
> present day. We were in opposition for sixteen years and in government for
> twelve. As you can see, the two are not yet in balance. We’ve already
> learnt that in politics the most important factor is time. Governing a
> country takes experience and self-confidence, knowledge of the local
> terrain and a thorough understanding of the international scene. And if
> these are combined with the courage for renewal, then we are in a winning
> position.
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
> The Hungarian cause is bound to win. Now everything is in place:
> experience, courage, battle-hardened troops, international prestige, a
> country on an ascending course, great plans, and what seems at the moment
> to be inexhaustible strength.
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
> At the same time it is also true that we are not only a civic government,
> but also a national government. In today’s world if someone speaks about
> the cause of the nation, they’re often censured: that is the stuff of
> folklore, it’s boring, it’s nostalgia, and the sentimentality of ageing
> gentlefolk. But I want to tell you clearly that while it naturally
> overflows with sentiment, it is more than that. Homeland is an anchor
> needed by everyone in their hearts. And, in spite of attacks and mockery,
> patriots deserve recognition for again and again lowering this anchor: for
> telling us to our face, time and again, that the homeland comes before all
> else. Or, in an updated form, borrowed from the Americans: “Hungary First”.
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
> If today you say the word “Hungary” to someone, they think of Budapest,
> Lake Balaton, beautiful Hungarian women, goulash soup and fine wines. If
> you say “Hungarian politics”, you can rest assured that they’ll think of
> Fidesz. The more sophisticated will think of Fidesz-KDNP. This is
> understandable, as twice in succession we’ve won elections with two-thirds
> majorities, and we’re governing the country without being forced into
> forming a coalition. Hungary has greatly increased in standing: our
> reputation, our recognition and our influence are greater than the size of
> our country or economy weight would suggest. Why is this? First of all,
> because in Hungary for eight years Fidesz and the KDNP have stopped
> political correctness in its tracks. Eurobabble, liberal grandstanding and
> “PC” platitudes have been ditched. We’ve sent the muzzle back to Brussels
> and the dog lead to the IMF. Just look around, in a Europe of forced
> coalitions and liberal media dictates. In Budapest the fashion is for
> straight-talking: clear words and sentences. In Budapest we want to say
> what we think, and we want to do what we say. In today’s European politics
> this is indeed quite a luxury, and we Hungarians are almost wallowing in it
> – although it would be good if the water splashed onto the bank less often!
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
> The fact that we come to mind when people in Hungary and abroad think of
> Hungarian politics is not something that has come without cost. Fidesz was
> formed thirty years ago. This has been a long road: fierce struggles,
> perseverance, loyalty, camaraderie; loyalty and service to Hungary, unity
> and camaraderie to one another. Every Hungarian knows us, and has even got
> to know us well. They know that we mean what we say, and we’re not in
> thrall to the temptation to exaggerate. We seriously mean what we say. If
> we commit to something we throw ourselves into it. This is why we work hard
> for it, and in the end we complete the task and usually achieve our goal.
> If the slogan had not already been used, I would say that we are “the force
> of calm”. We are ourselves, and we don’t try to pull the wool over anyone’s
> eyes. We are anti-communists and patriots. We passionately love Hungary,
> and are ready to do everything we can for it. This is what sets us apart
> from the other political parties.
>
> It’s not my job to focus on other parties, but forty-nine days before a
> general election this is hardly avoidable. I look at the state of the other
> parties, and I cannot always believe my eyes. And I have to tell you I
> don’t even understand how such people and parties in their present state
> can ask the people for their trust, and indeed can stand as candidates for
> government. There’s a party which has asked a player from another team to
> lead its list. He calls himself a prime-ministerial candidate – even though
> everyone can see that he’s only a bankruptcy receiver, who has been handed
> the historic task of leading the MSZP out of Parliament. Another left-wing
> party is discovering its old roots, and under the leadership of a former
> prime minister is morphing back into an archetypal communist party,
> threatening people with prison, nationalisation and a new change of system.
> All it can say as far as spiritual issues are concerned is that the
> churches should just keep their mouths shut, and had better keep a low
> profile. Einstein, who not only observed physical phenomena but also the
> human mind, said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing
> over and over and expecting different results. There’s another party, we
> have another party, which has nothing else to say about the world except
> that it can be different. A brilliant insight, but it is all but impossible
> to find out from them what that world would be like, because they
> themselves are so different that we don’t know if they are right- or
> left-wing, nationalists or internationalists. And there’s so much coming
> and going that we don’t know who’s in the party and who’s outside it. We
> can’t even remember the names of the parties formed by those who’ve left,
> because they’re struggling to remain visible and are so short-lived. But
> most absurd of all is that in these dangerous, migrant-battered times there
> is a national party which has seen better days, and which has now come up
> with the idea that Islam is the last hope for humanity. Well, one’s jaw
> drops, because one can’t believe one’s ears. Someone should pinch us
> quickly, so we wake up. But it’s no use: this really is the situation in
> Hungary today; these are the options, these are the other candidates for
> government.
>
> All I can say, politely but firmly, is that Hungary deserves better than
> this. So it’s no wonder that in the country now the mood is not for a
> change of government, but for a change of opposition. But for a moment
> let’s take them seriously and make it clear that we are people who think
> that the last hope for Europe is Christianity. Today when European people
> talk about Christianity – and this distinction is important – they are
> primarily thinking of its culture and their way of life. This is why,
> according to opinion polls and analyses, 78 per cent of people in Hungary
> want us to preserve our Christian culture and our Christian traditions.
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
> When we think about the future and the stakes in the election ahead of us,
> we would do well to observe the increase in the number of pessimistic
> analyses, forecasts and projections concerning the future of Europe.
> Commentators claim that there are dark clouds gathering over Europe, due to
> immigration. There have always been dark prophecies. This is the familiar
> background music to European politics. What’s worrying these days is that
> in essence they are mathematical in nature: even though they are estimates,
> they are about numbers and quantifiable changes; and numbers always carry a
> great deal of weight. According to estimates, in European countries to the
> west of us the percentage of immigrants will grow at an ever faster pace.
> I’d rather not say anything now about France or the Netherlands, but for
> instance the percentage of German-born citizens in large cities is in
> decline, as immigrants always occupy the larger cities first of all. For
> instance, in Bavaria now more money is being spent on asylum, immigration
> and integration than on the combined state budget for the economy, the
> environment and health care. Visiting Vienna I heard that this year’s
> school enrolment data took everyone very much by surprise: the percentage
> of Muslim children among those starting school has soared. This is the
> future that over there is already the present. According to NATO reports –
> it seems that soldiers don’t yet allow themselves to be censored – by 2020,
> sixty million people will have set off for Europe. There’s also consensus
> that Africa will be more powerful than any previous expectations had
> envisaged. By 2050 its population will have doubled, to 2.5 billion. There
> will be ten times more young Africans than young Europeans. Africa faces
> two potential futures. In one future it would be able to repeat the
> spectacular achievements of Asia, where China, India, Indonesia and
> Vietnam, for example, have amazed the world. Each of these – in their own
> way, but all at lightning speed – have dragged themselves out of poverty,
> set their economies on a path of growth, and will soon take over the
> leading role in the world economy. Their success reminds us that rather
> than history shaping demography, demography shapes history. And like school
> children who have to repeat a year, we Hungarians could say a lot on that
> subject. The other possible future would it be if Africa is unable to
> follow the path of Asian development and is unable to create decent
> conditions fit for its young generations to live in. If this mass of
> several hundred million young people is allowed to travel north, then
> Europe will soon come under horrendous pressure. Furthermore, the majority
> of immigrants will arrive from the Islamic world. If everything continues
> in this way, then the cities of Europe will clearly have majority Muslim
> populations – and London will not be an outlier, but a pioneer. If things
> continue like this, our culture, our identity and our nations as we know
> them will cease to exist. Our worst nightmares will have become reality.
> The West will fall, as Europe is occupied without realising it. Will this
> be a vindication of the views of those who think that civilisations are not
> killed, but commit suicide? Many believe that even if all this does take
> place, it will all take a long time. I think that those who believe this
> are mistaken. Analyses look ahead as far as 2050, and people of my age will
> reach their eighties at around that time. In other words, we – not to
> mention our children and grandchildren – may be able to see with our own
> eyes what direction the future of our Western world has taken.
>
> And at this point, Dear Friends, I must also say a few words about the
> dispute between Western and Central Europe. It seems that the courses of
> development of these two parts of Europe have diverged. Naturally
> democracy, the rule of law and the market economy remain in common. But the
> foundations on which these rest today will become increasingly divergent.
> Politicians do not yet talk about this openly, but everyone can already see
> it. The great old European nations in Western Europe have become immigrant
> countries. Day by day their cultural foundations are being transformed, the
> population raised in a Christian culture is declining, and the major cities
> are undergoing Islamisation. And I have to say that I cannot see the
> political forces with the will and ability to stop these processes – let
> alone, horribile dictu, reverse them. In terms of my message it is now
> irrelevant whether this is the consequence of the weakness of liberal
> democracies, the repercussions of an earlier colonial and slave-trading
> past, or the greedy, subversive actions of a George Soros-style empire; the
> facts remain. Whatever the reason, Western Europe has become an immigrant
> zone and a world of mixed populations; and, unlike central Europe, it is
> heading in the direction of a completely new development future. This is
> bad news for us. This means that Islamic civilisation – which has always
> seen its mission as the conversion of Europe to what it calls the true
> faith – will knock on Central Europe’s door not only from the South, but
> also from the West. We have successfully defended our southern borders with
> the building of the fence, the legal and physical border defences, the
> exemplary steadfastness of our police and the leadership of Sándor Pintér.
> We have prevented the Muslim world from inundating us from the south.
> Facing that direction we are the last country in Latin – or Western –
> Christianity. We are standing firm. Our defence lines are sufficient to
> hold back the largest flows. Furthermore, Orthodox Christianity is
> courageously and resolutely fighting ahead of us. We acknowledge Serbia,
> Romania and Bulgaria.
>
> However absurd it seems, the situation is that now the danger is
> threatening us from the West. This danger to us comes from politicians in
> Brussels, Berlin and Paris. They want us to adopt their policies: the
> policies that made them immigrant countries and that opened the way for the
> decline of Christian culture and the expansion of Islam. They want us to
> also accept migrants and to also become countries with mixed populations.
> Earlier they said that they expect this from us because what is alien is
> beautiful, a mixed population is better, and because the true European does
> not defend such obsolete mediaeval concepts as homeland and religion. Today
> these voices are perhaps quieter. Now the fashionable mantra is that we
> must become like them because this expresses solidarity. We must clearly
> state that we stand in solidarity with those Western Europeans and leaders
> who want to save their homelands and Christian culture, and we have no
> solidarity with those who want to abandon those things. We shall never
> express solidarity with those European leaders who want to take Europe into
> a post-Christian and post-national era.
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
> We must clearly and forthrightly state that we do not see the battle that
> we’re fighting as a hopeless one; in fact as we see it, we now stand on the
> brink of victory. The countries of the Visegrád Four are unwavering. The
> Orthodox world stands firm, and it seems that Croatia has come to its
> senses. Austria has now turned in the direction of patriotism and
> Christianity. In Bavaria a spiritual and political resistance has developed
> under the leadership of the CSU. Perhaps it is not too late. And we await,
> we keenly anticipate, the result of the Italian election, and with it the
> turning-point which will see the return to government of common sense,
> Italian national and cultural identity – and Silvio Berlusconi. Forza
> Italia!
>
> And let us now remember those European politicians, our counterparts, who
> in recent years have sunk their teeth into us – and in the end have broken
> their teeth on us. A brief roll call: Austrian chancellors Faymann and
> Kern; Italian prime minister Renzi; the inglorious Croatian prime minister
> Milanović; and, of course, Martin Schulz – who had a manic desire to be
> everything, and in the end has become nothing. I see that the list is
> unfinished, and there are a few vacant places on it.
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
> All this gives us hope. In the end it is good to see that one has not
> worked in vain. But the situation gives us no reason to be self-satisfied.
> The forces opposing us, George Soros’s network and the international
> bureaucrats he has bought, have in no way given up. There are those who
> still smell money. They look at Europe and see the business opportunities
> inherent in the weakening of the euro. There are those who do not want to
> lose the jobs and infantry wages they have received from the globalist
> elite. And there’s also the type of European ideological intellectual who
> continually experiments with the transformation of Europe. A well-developed
> example of the latter is a Hungarian activist from a Soros organisation,
> who was able to say the following, and I quote: “From almost wherever they
> come, those arriving here are better than our native population”. I didn’t
> understand this for a while. I didn’t understand why someone would talk
> such obvious claptrap. After all, it’s clear that, compared with migrants,
> we Hungarians are better-trained, better-educated and more employable. This
> is clear. Then one of the Soros network’s chief ideologues, the
> Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, recently let slip
> that some years ago they secretly launched a programme to breed a
> Soros-like human race, or, as they modestly put it – if I can pronounce the
> term – Homo sorosensus. This means “Soros man”. And I realised that from
> their point of view, from the viewpoint of the Soros types, we indigenous
> people who have our own countries, our own culture and our own religion –
> things for which we will fight tooth and nail – are individuals beyond
> redemption, who cannot be transformed. From their viewpoint, migrants are
> indeed better raw material to work with. And it is a clear testament to the
> Hungarian people’s generosity and deep tolerance that the people who are
> scheming to implement this plan can safely and cheerfully live their lives
> among us.
>
> Now of course we shall not look on impassively; we are not sheep, who
> quietly stand around waiting for their fate to be visited upon them.
> Naturally we shall fight, and if needs be we shall deploy an ever more
> powerful legal arsenal. Here, for a start, we have the “Stop Soros”
> legislative proposal. We are linking any activities related to migration
> and migrants to a national security licence, and we shall divert a
> proportion of the foreign funding intended for pro-migrant NGOs, or
> pseudo-civil society organisations, to the border protection budget. We
> shall order a complete financial transparency screening, and if somebody
> does not refrain from their dangerous plans we shall simply expel them –
> however powerful or rich they may be. And we shall fight in the
> international arena as well. Tomorrow I shall hand over to the Prime
> Minister of Bulgaria – which currently holds the presidency of the European
> Union – the European legislative proposal which can provide for the
> complete protection of Europe’s borders. This is the important thing, the
> protection of the borders – not mandatory migrant quotas. If we secure the
> borders, no one can enter without permission, and then there will be no one
> to distribute. And those who allow migrants to enter their countries should
> keep them and look after them. And there can be no question at all of them
> selecting the best and sending us the rest.
>
> So I should also draw your attention to the fact that in the meantime
> another area for debate has opened up. The United Nations, the UN, has
> taken it upon itself to finalise an international compact on migration by
> the end of the year. The draft has been released for debate. The United
> States has already left the negotiating table, because in its view the
> proposal is hopelessly pro-migration and anti-border security. Our
> self-confidence is in a better state, and we have therefore decided to stay
> at the negotiating table for the time being, and change the wording of the
> compact being prepared. What does the UN want? This will be a fine task for
> our friend Péter Szijjártó. What does the UN want? The UN wants everyone to
> accept that immigration and its facilitation make a positive contribution
> to economic growth and prosperity. This is a quote from the document. From
> a European point of view, this is obviously idiocy; it’s like saying that a
> flu epidemic is a good thing, because it makes a positive contribution to
> people’s health and well-being. The UN asserts that safe and regulated
> immigration routes must be created in Europe. The UN asserts that it is
> every European’s duty to help the immigrants coming to their countries to
> settle and find jobs.
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
> We understand that some 80 per cent of the UN’s Member States are source
> countries for migrants. But we didn’t establish the United Nations in order
> for it to turn against us and force something on us that will ruin us. The
> United Nations also asserts that the legal and physical barriers
> obstructing immigrants’ paths across borders must be removed. We can stand
> up straight and hold our heads high: this is about the fence, and this is
> directly aimed at us. Interestingly, proposals of this kind mostly
> originate from people who are protected by bodyguards, who travel in
> armoured limousines, whose houses are surrounded by high walls and fences,
> and who are protected by security systems around the clock. We suggest
> instead that they first dismantle their gates, take down their fences and
> dismiss their guards. We suggest that we continue the talks if this
> experiment has succeeded – and they’re still alive. Should the experiment
> fail, we’ll happily grant them asylum in Hungary.
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
> This is obviously utter nonsense. It’s incomprehensible why they would
> think us to be such raving lunatics as to accept this and then implement
> it. We must bluntly state that Hungary is not a country of deranged people.
> We understand that George Soros’s organisations have not only installed
> themselves in Brussels and Budapest, but also in New York, at the UN. We
> understand that they are spending incalculable sums of money on pushing
> through acceptance for migration at a global level. We understand that
> Soros has picked a fight not only with us, but also with the British,
> President Trump and the Israelis. And everywhere the topic is the same:
> forcing acceptance for immigration and migration. But they won’t succeed.
> We’re not alone, and we shall fight together to contain – and then to stop
> – Soros’s plan as presented in Brussels and in the UN. And if we have
> enough allies – and we can have enough allies – I’m sure that we shall
> succeed in the end.
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
> Finally, let me remark on the fact that the election campaign started
> yesterday. Having seen the opposition’s campaign-opening events yesterday,
> an old observation of mine came to mind: when the campaign is under way,
> reality keeps its mouth shut. Let’s keep calm and talk straight about this
> as well. Today our political opponents in Hungary are in a hopeless
> situation. They have failed to understand the mood of the times. On the
> most important issues they have not stood by us, and have not stood by the
> country. They did not support us when the fence was being built. They
> withdrew to the sidelines during the referendum on the mandatory migrant
> quota. They did not support the amendment to the Constitution. They denied
> the reality of immigration. They denied the reality of the mandatory
> migrant quota and the Soros Plan. The people can see this and know the
> truth; this is why the opposition in Hungary today is in a hopeless
> situation. But we know from de Gaulle that hopelessness begets hatred.
> Hatred oozes from every sentence of the opposition parties. I believe that
> there will be no shortage of crudeness, mudslinging and hypocrisy. But we
> should remember that for us an election is a celebration: millions of
> Hungarians waited for the day, after the end of communist repression and
> Soviet occupation, when they would be able to vote in a free election. We
> must not let others ruin our celebration. Let us preserve our good spirits,
> our sense of humour, our self-deprecation and the beauty of shared
> decision-making. Hatred does not lift one up: it drags one down. As in the
> well-known joke, the man who jumps from the fiftieth floor of a skyscraper
> reassures himself as he plummets to the ground: “So far so good, so far so
> good”. In fifty days we’ll all arrive at our respective destinations: some
> at the fiftieth floor, others at the ground floor. Here’s to the adventure!
>
> Go for it Hungary, go for it Hungarians!
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