PM Orban: Closing party. See you next year, same time, same place!

The 32nd Balvanyos Summer Free University and Student Camp has ended, with the Hungarian premier's speech attracting huge international attention.

Viktor Orban bade farewell to the 32nd Balvanyos Summer Free University and Student Camp with a series of photos. "Closing party. See you next year, same time, same place!" the prime minister wrote in his Facebook post on Sunday. At the event, the premier delivered a speech on Saturday, which the Center for Fundamental Rights summarized as follows: "an era is more than a system, because it consists of cultural currents, collective beliefs and social customs.”

Viktor Orban said the European Union has rejected the Christian heritage, is exchanging populations and is conducting an LGBTQ campaign. The prime minister said that we are moving towards a collision every day in world politics, because the number one power sees itself sinking to second place. He added that a new balance must be found to replace the current world balance.

PM Orban's speech in Baile Tusnad also attracted a great deal of international attention. Most Russian newspapers highlighted the prime minister's reference to China's leadership. Reuters wrote: "Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Saturday renewed an attack on the European Union for conducting what he called an ‘LGBTQ offensive’, saying his nationalist government would protect the country's Christian roots.”

The Romanian mainstream press reported about Viktor Orban's Saturday speech in Baile Tusnad in a fundamentally hostile tone.

Some of the reports deliberately misrepresented the speech, accusing the prime minister of revisionism, while others, echoing the arguments of the Romanian nationalist provocateurs at the entrance to the camp, criticized the fact that the organizers of the free university had not allowed "the Romanians" to enter the venue. The press also extensively covered the Czech PM Petr Fiala’s reaction. He said: "The Czech Republic is a sovereign state and my government defends our national interests. We decide independently what we want, what we support or what we want to change in the European Union." His statement came in response to Viktor Orban's claim that the European federalists had launched an attack on the countries of the Visegrad Four bloc, and we can all see the result: the Czechs have essentially defected, Slovakia is wobbling, and only Poland and Hungary are holding out.

Source of the cover photo: Viktor Orban's social media page