Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told the Bálványos summer university in Băile Tușnad, in central Romania, that the European Union rejected its Christian heritage, was managing a replacement of the population through migration and was “leading a crusade against family-friendly European nations”.
The prime minister said a political class had emerged in Europe which had no accountability or any Christian or democratic convictions, which he said meant that “we have no choice: though we love Europe and though it’s ours, we still have to fight”. The prime minister said “unaccountable governance” in Europe had led to the emergence of an “unaccountable empire”. “We don’t wish for everyone to hold the same beliefs or to live the same kind of family life or attend the same celebrations, but we insist that we have a shared home, a common language, a common public space, a shared culture and this is the basis for Hungarians’ security, freedom and prosperity, which is why it must be protected at all cost,” he said. Hungarians will not compromise or back down in Europe, PM Orbán said. They insist on their rights and will not give in to either political or financial blackmail, he said. Though it may be possible to compromise when it comes to issues of “tactical or strategic time”, it is impossible on issues “of historical time”, he said. Orbán said Hungarians had to be focused when it came to global issues, build connectivity in the global economy, fight in EU disputes, stand their ground in intellectual matters and remain persistent when it comes to the unification of the nation. “The Good Lord above all of us, Hungary before all else; go Hungary, go Hungarians!” PM Orbán said, concluding his speech.