Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said as long as Hungary has a national government, it will not get involved on either side of the Russia-Ukraine war.
Speaking at the launch of the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance's European Parliament election campaign on Friday, the prime minister said that if Fidesz and the Christian Democrats were not in power, Hungary would be “up to its neck in the war”. He said “pro-war governments, Brussels bureaucrats” and the network of US financier George Soros were “sending millions of dollars” to the Hungarian “pro-war left” in Budapest. PM Orbán said the left wanted “a puppet pro-war government controlled by Brussels and Washington” instead of a pro-peace government. The prime minister called for protecting the peace and safety of the Hungarian people as well as the country’s economic achievements. “We have to protect our families and especially our children,” he said. “Just so those in Brussels also understand: No migration, no gender, no war!” PM Orbán said, quoting his party’s election manifesto. “We’ve won every European election for the last 20 years,” PM Orbán said. “We’re the most successful political community in Hungary and Europe, so we can’t set a lesser goal.” He said an election victory was just a means to serving the people, which was what the ruling parties had been doing for 14 years.