Speaking on public television channel M1, Bakondi said Europe has accumulated “ample experience” with terrorist attacks over the past decade. He noted that Australia had long remained largely unaffected due to its strict immigration policy, but this changed after a new government significantly liberalized migration rules.
According to the prime minister’s domestic security adviser, knife attacks and vehicle-ramming assaults have become typical forms of terrorism in Europe. He recalled that five young Muslim men were recently detained in Bavaria for allegedly planning a truck-ramming attack, adding that Christmas markets across Europe now resemble fortified sites.
Referring to a recent attack in Australia, Bakondi said investigations so far indicated that the perpetrators were linked to the Islamic State and were well-equipped with firearms and explosives. He stressed that the attackers had received proper training, pointing to organized terrorism with direct security implications.
Beyond tightening security protocols, Bakondi said the Australian government would also need to draw conclusions regarding border protection, migration management and security policy, likely leading to a departure from its previously liberal approach to migration.
He criticized the long-standing narrative promoted by Europe’s central institutions that migrants arriving in large numbers were “high-quality people” who would sustain pension systems. Bakondi said many in Hungary questioned why, if illegal migration were truly so beneficial, compulsory relocation quotas were needed rather than migrants remaining in the countries where they had first arrived. He argued that different ideological and political motives were clearly at play.
Bakondi also reported that human smuggling gangs had once again become active along Hungary’s southern border, often clashing with one another. He said more than 12,300 illegal border crossers had been apprehended so far this year.
Commenting on the Hungarian government’s decision to initiate legal action related to a ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Bakondi said the court had violated several fundamental principles, failed to properly justify its decision, and imposed penalties many times higher than those originally requested by the European Commission. He stressed that Hungary was not seeking to overturn the final judgment, but was instead pursuing compensation for damages caused by procedural irregularities.
In an interview on Kossuth Radio’s “Good Morning, Hungary!” program, Bakondi said that since 1945, antisemitic statements had not been accepted in either politics or public discourse in Europe. He warned that this had changed, pointing to mass demonstrations involving hundreds of thousands of people in major European cities.
He recalled that Hungary had placed Antifa groups on a ban list and had proposed similar action at the European Union level, but said there had been little enthusiasm for the initiative.
Bakondi described this shift by the European political elite as a surprising and ill-considered turn, which he linked to what he called a broader political objective of forcing the creation of a federal Europe at any cost.
He concluded by expressing confidence that the majority of Hungarians would continue to support what he called a sober and responsible policy, which has ensured that Hungary does not face the same level of severe and direct threats seen elsewhere across Europe.