At today’s Fight Club gathering, Prime Minister Orbán delivered a combative and rallying speech to what he described as the “freedom fighters of the digital world.” He began with a bold welcome—“Hello warriors! Welcome, I greet the freedom fighters of the digital world”—and said that the event’s goal is to mobilize patriotic Hungarians ready to act. “Hungary is under attack, and if it’s under attack, someone must defend it. And that someone is us,” declared the prime minister. “In fact, Hungary is under such attack that only we can defend it.”
He compared the current situation to the lonely fight of Hunyadi János's soldiers: “We feel like Hunyadi’s men asking—where is the king, the pope, the Germans, Italy? The answer: we are alone, just as usual.”
Turning to recent domestic political changes, Prime Minister Orbán celebrated what he described as the collapse of the opposition leadership. “The leader of the left, who misled the Hungarian people, lured the unsuspecting into foreign currency loans, took away the 13th month’s salary and pension, brought in the IMF, and had the eyes of our peacefully protesting comrades shot out—well, that man is gone. Finished. Done. Vanished into the abyss.” He added, “This is the victory of national politics over the post-communist era.”
He extended his criticism to other opposition parties, mocking Momentum’s withdrawal from elections: “They made the brave and heroic decision not to run. A spitting image of Sir Robin.” He also warned that Jobbik, “teeters on the edge of the grave.”
But the most serious warnings were reserved for international affairs. Prime Minister Orbán described Ukraine’s EU accession as the gravest current threat: “Ukraine’s EU membership is the biggest danger. They want in at any cost, and they don’t care that they would bring war with them. They don’t care about destroying our farmers. They don’t care that we’d become a corridor for the Ukrainian mafia.” He punctuated his rejection with: “No, no and no!”
On the topic of foreign actors conducting intelligence operations and smear campaigns, he noted: “This is what the Ukrainian intelligence campaign against Hungary is about. This is what the foreign-funded smear campaign is about.” He argued that Brussels is backing a Tisza-Dobrev coalition “to install a Ukraine-friendly leadership in Hungary,” and warned: “They get the coffee, we get the slap in the face.”
He urged his audience to stand firm: “We have managed to pull ourselves together, take our fate into our own hands, and stay out of war. It would be the world’s greatest misfortune if Brussels and Ukraine took over Hungary now.”
Central to his vision was the expansion of the newly formed Digital Freedom Fighters Club: “What we are building is a fortress—not from bricks, but from people.” He called on members to double their ranks in one week: “Each of you should bring one new fighter within a week. Only fighters—no gawkers.” He set a goal: “We will fight the 2026 elections with one hundred thousand digital freedom fighters.”
He emphasized the need to dominate the digital arena: “We must also move into the virtual space. We must be the strongest in the digital world too.”
As the address drew to a close, Prime Minister Orbán outlined the stakes: “The first battle has arrived. It’s called Voks 2025. The stakes are enormous.” He urged unity and passion: “Our opponents fight for money and power. We fight from the heart. And the heart will defeat the money.”
“We will reach every Hungarian, even those who have already moved into the new digital world,” he pledged. “It’s time for us to begin. Long ago, it was the fortress walls—today, it’s Facebook.”