According to our sources, Viktor Orbán began his speech by pointing out that the Ukraine-Russia war is no longer localized – the sanctions have transformed it into a global economic war. He believes that at this point, it is clear to everyone that this will be a prolonged war that will continue in our neighborhood into next year and the future. For this very reason, the Prime Minister said that it is more important than ever to defend Hungary’s security, economic, and national sovereignty; that is why the national defence fund was established. Hungary has withdrawn soldiers from the borders and created border hunting units, but we need more soldiers and we must prepare to defend the country.
According to Viktor Orbán, people are worried about the war and are following developments. However, inflation is what directly impacts families.
The Prime Minister clarified that before the elections, they believed that the economic developments would be predictable, however, after Brussels accepted the economic and business sanctions – including sanctions on oil followed by the proposed natural gas sanctions– the price of gas doubled within a month from June 2022, and tripled in the next month.
The Prime Minister emphasized that if the sanctions are lifted, prices will immediately drop to half as much and inflation would decrease. Without the sanctions, Europe’s economy would regain strength and avoid the looming recession. According to the president of the Fidesz party, back when these sanctions were forced upon Europe in early summer by Brussels, this is not what the EU bureaucrats were promising. They had promised that the sanctions would hurt Russia – not Europe. Since then, we have come to realize that the imposed sanctions have caused more damage to Europe than Russia.
Our information reveals that there may be a chance to revise the sanctions in November. Thus, the Prime Minister called upon all members of his faction to do everything possible for Europe to lift sanctions by the end of the year.
He also believes that these sanctions have been forced onto Europe by Brussels’ bureaucrats; the sanctions are causing economic problems and the energy crisis is causing inflation. And the Hungarian left supports these sanctions.