“Sovereign foreign policy is the precondition of national independence,” PM Orbán declared, warning that it must be protected “like the light of our eyes.” He said the danger is real and constant, arguing that Brussels “tries daily,” while the Tisza movement has already announced it would take Hungary into a common European foreign policy. “This must not happen,” the prime minister said, adding that Hungary will never consent to having its veto right taken away.
Looking back at 2025, PM Orbán argued that global developments vindicated Hungary’s position. After Donald Trump’s return, he said, Hungarians are once again walking “on the main street of history,” while their opponents wander in “muddy side streets.” If current European policies continue, he warned, this could become “Europe’s century of humiliation,” as a new industrial revolution unfolds without the continent. High energy prices and overregulation, he said, are undermining Europe’s competitiveness. “But we Hungarians still have a chance.”
On energy, PM Orbán said that in 2025, he negotiated agreements with the American, Russian, and Turkish presidents to ensure Hungary can continue purchasing oil and gas at low prices. “There will be oil, there will be gas, Paks is being built,” he said, stressing that Hungary will have sufficient energy for economic growth and a data-based economy, while others pay four to five times more for utilities.
The prime minister also recalled that last year he promised “rock and roll” in Hungarian politics, arguing that the new American administration’s break with global liberal networks improved Hungary’s room for maneuver. The goal, he said, was to push back foreign influence, limiting Hungary’s sovereignty. However, he admitted that only half the job has been completed so far. The “Brussels machinery” is still operating inside Hungary, he said, describing it as a network of pseudo-civil organizations, purchased journalists, judges, politicians, algorithms, bureaucrats, and “rolling euro millions.” This pressure, he argued, must be cleared away after April.
Turning to domestic policy, PM Orbán said Hungary has been building a family-based model for 15 years. Mothers, he argued, hold families together and must be strengthened. Today, half a million Hungarian mothers are exempt from personal income tax, he said, and within three years that number will rise to one million for life.
On law enforcement, the prime minister highlighted a crackdown on drug trafficking. More than 10,000 criminal proceedings have been launched, 50 tons of drugs and precursors removed from the black market, and over HUF 2 billion in related assets seized. “We promised it, and we did it,” he said.
He also pointed to measures that were not originally pledged but introduced nonetheless: the fixed 3 percent home-creation loan, the launch of the 14th-month pension alongside the 13th-month payment, and an 11 percent minimum wage increase despite low growth. Summarizing his governing philosophy, PM Orbán described the national government as “proof, not promise.”
Addressing the opposition, the prime minister warned that Hungary must “wake up and take seriously — deadly seriously — what international big capital is preparing in Hungary.” He argued that if a “Tisza–Brussels–big capital coalition” were to take power, “they will empty the pockets of Hungarian families.” PM Orbán said international financial interests want to reclaim the HUF 14,956 billion redirected from banks, energy companies, and retail chains between 2010 and 2025, and prevent the additional HUF 1,922 billion planned for 2026 from being collected.
PM Orbán argued that voters stand with the government on key civilizational issues: they do not want migration, they do not want war, they do not want to send their money to Ukraine, and they reject what he described as ideological experiments in education. Many young people, he added, support the government and are ready to resist external pressure.
Describing his political camp as a strong and cheerful community determined to win, PM Orbán warned against a return to the “world of fists,” insisting that in democracy heads are counted, not broken.
Closing his address, Prime Minister Orbán defined politics as a vocation: the living defense of Hungary’s independence for future generations. He called 2026 “the year of victory” for families, for the right and for Hungary, urging supporters to secure that mandate in April.