Gábor Gönczi: Prime Minister, what do you like most about these gatherings?
Perhaps “uplifting” is the right word – these gatherings are uplifting. They’re not political meetings, they’re genuine community experiences, and we’re truly together. Now, I may talk more than the audience, which is probably inevitable, but somehow they’re still shared experiences. So it’s not about me taking the stage, but about us coming together and being together.
This is a new genre, isn’t it, that you’ve invented, meeting people in this way. Is the atmosphere different, is the spiritual element different?
Completely different. Similar people come together. So although we’re very diverse, we agree on some things, on the important things in life, on what’s good and what’s bad. There are many well-intentioned, well-meaning, and right-thinking people gathered together, and that always brings a spiritual element with it. It’s not just about interests and rational arguments, but also about spiritual togetherness. It doesn’t go in the direction of religiosity – that’s another story, that will be tomorrow, Sunday; but there’s still this kind of communal spiritual togetherness, which I think is necessary for a healthy nation.
Are you uplifted at times like this – does it give you strength?
I’m doing better, aren’t I?
Yes, yes. What will be the best and worst things next week?
A big challenge? János Lázár. I’m a guest there. These are still meetings where I’m the guest participant, but Lázár-info is the country’s most successful political programme – more successful than the Digital Civic Circles . Well, if anything is new and groundbreaking, it’s that. And there’s a rawness to it, because you have to go out on the street, and there’s a “street fight”, a battle. This is what’s happening now in Szeged, and I’ll only be a guest. So I don’t know yet how Minister János Lázár and I will manage this.
We’re really looking forward to it, and we’ll be there. Thank you very much.
Thank you very much.
Good luck for next week.