German Chancellor Friedrich Merz admitted that Germany had caused irreversible damage to itself and its welfare state through its migration policy, a course Hungary alone opposed from the beginning, Minister of Construction and Transport János Lázár stated on Wednesday in a post on Facebook.
The minister wrote that Merz’s remarks at a regional CDU congress represented a revealing confession, even if not everyone was willing to acknowledge it. “They ruined it, not just a little, but very much,” he said, noting that Hungary resisted the same policy despite daily fines of one million euros imposed by Brussels.
According to Minister Lázár, the migration policy not only led to social tensions but also to economic difficulties. “Even the Germans cannot withstand with money, strength and nerves the parallel societies that have formed,” he stressed, adding that the famous German welfare model has weakened while the national economy has become less competitive, which is bad news for all of Europe and especially for Hungary.
He argued that Hungary must therefore maintain diversified economic relations, cooperating with Eastern partners as well as the West, despite criticism from liberal circles. He added that the problem was not with Germany itself but with the liberal ideology that imposed this policy on German governments, including Chancellor Angela Merkel.
“More and more Europeans are waking up to the need to return to traditional values to strengthen Europe,” the minister concluded, expressing hope that Merz’s admission would mark a turning point.