Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orbanaccustomed to diatribes against the European Union, called on Saturday to fight “the exchanges of populations” orchestrated by this “federalist empire”, also accusing it of leading “an LGBT + offensive”.
“The EU rejects the legacy Christian and organizes population exchanges through migration,” the ultra-conservative leader told the summer school in Baile Tusnad, in Romanian Transylvania, where a large Hungarian community resides.
The 60-year-old manager wants to be the defender in Europe of “illiberal” values, a term he mentioned for the first time in 2014 in this same forum of Baile Tusnad, where he usually holds very virulent speeches.
Last summer, he caused an uproar by castigating “the mixing of races”.
In constant conflict with Brussels, this time he attacked “federalist governance in Europe” which, according to him, led “to an irresponsible empire”. He castigated “an aging boxer”, “a rich but weak union” which is wrong to cut itself off from Russia.
“We have no choice: even if we love Europe, even if it is at home, we must fight” to defend Christian roots, insisted the nationalist Prime Minister, in power since 2010.
Under his aegis, Hungary has gradually brought checks and balances into line, regularly drawing criticism from the European Union, which has frozen billions of euros in funds due to concerns about the rule of law.