Prime Minister Orbán declared “I was and still am a street freedom fighter,” saying that his political mission is a continuation of Hungary’s historic resistance to external control. He argued that today's threats to freedom emanate not from within, but from Brussels. “Freedom is threatened today from Brussels; this is what we must fight against,” he said.
According to Prime Minister Orbán, Hungary’s core values—freedom, participation, and democracy—are increasingly sidelined in the European Union. “Our culture is founded on freedom, participation, and democracy; this is what we must strengthen,” he emphasized. He called for a new conservative, national, and Christian majority in Europe to counter what he views as Brussels’ overreach.
The prime minister accused the EU of using successive crises—migration, COVID, climate transition, war, and sanctions—as pretexts to centralize power and undermine national sovereignty. “They use every crisis to centralize and strip nation-states of their rights,” he said.
He lamented the absence of British influence post-Brexit, noting that the previously strong bloc of sovereigntists has weakened. “Today in Europe, what happens is what the French and Germans want,” he stated, adding that Central Europeans can no longer block these major powers.
On Ukraine, Prime Minister Orbán maintained that the country is unfit for EU or NATO membership, calling its inclusion a potential economic disaster. “Ukraine was a bankrupt state even before the war,” he argued. He proposed a ceasefire and peace agreement involving the U.S. and Russia: “I expect a solution from a Russian-American agreement.”
He harshly criticized EU sanctions against Russia, claiming they have cost Hungary €20 billion: “I believe they are destroying Europe too, but that’s the Europeans’ concern.”
On migration, the prime minister was uncompromising. Hungary, he said, will not admit migrants, regardless of EU directives. “We must rise up against them,” he urged. He linked migration to crime and social instability, warning against allowing people to “disrupt order in our streets, enter a country without permission, harass our daughters and wives, kill people, spread anti-Semitism and homophobia.”
Demography, he argued, must be solved through national policy, not immigration. He reaffirmed support for Hungarian families and Christian traditions and praised the country’s extensive family support system. Regarding Pride events, he invoked child protection: “According to the constitution, the right to protect children takes precedence over all other rights.”
Prime Minister Orbán also addressed international relations. “Gather friends for your country,” he said, defending Hungary’s policy of engaging both East and West, including China, Russia, and the United States, while insisting on national independence: “I will not allow anyone—Brussels, Washington, or Moscow—to interfere in how Hungarians live.”
He concluded by denouncing the EU's bureaucratic centralism and judicial double standards, warning that Brussels has become politically biased and disconnected from the realities and values of nation-states.