I have been visiting wonderful Hungary since 1978. In Eger the Szépasszony valley, the Lake Balaton and many more places in the that I got to know; I grew to love the countryside and the people. At home, near Leipzig, I make a Germanized bogrács (a heavy pot used to cook over an open fire) gulyás in my garden based on my Hungarian friend’s recipe. Je suis Hungary. In the 1980s I subscribed to the Budapester Rundschau (a German-language newspaper in Hungary from 1974-1989) which informed me every two weeks how Hungary was gaining its freedom. For me, Imre Pozsgay and Miklós Németh (Hungarian politicians active during the socialist-democratic transition; Minister of Culture and Education, and Prime Minister respectively) represented the hope of liberation from under the Soviet colonial system. In 2014, I had the opportunity to personally thank Miklós Németh when handing over the Point Alpha award. I also know that Viktor Orbán was one of the brave Hungarians at that time.
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European Parliament Plagued by Democracy Deficit, MEP Says
The politician heads the development policy work of the Patriots for Europe group.