In Baile Tusnad, Hungary's prime minister invited the audience to think together, and in his opinion, it is telling how everyone reacted. In this morning's radio interview, Viktor Orban was first asked about the international reactions to his speech delivered at the Balvanyos Free Summer University and Student Camp in Baile Tusnad [popularly called Tusvanyos]. In response, the prime minister said that Tusvanyos is a free university, which makes the genre of his speeches interesting.
"Baile Tusnad is an iconic place for the national side," Viktor Orban said.
"The Left in Hungary has become provincial," PM Orban pointed out, adding that not only the international, but also the Hungarian reactions are telling. There is an intellectual drive in politics, he noted. In response to the Romanian reactions, he said he had met Romania's new prime minister, with whom serious he believed serious things could be accomplished.
"Slovakia is a more difficult case because elections will be held there," he noted. It would be a mistake to draw the issue of separated territories into the centre of Slovak-Hungarian relations, he pointed out, adding that he also sees great potentials in Slovak-Hungarian relations.
We should put the focus on the future
PM Orban emphasized.
As for the Czechs, he said that they prefer to argue with each other and now they are more in favour of federalism.
We must clamp down on inflation
"We have encountered two different meteors in three years," PM Orban said in answer to a question. In response to the economic impact of Covid, jobs had to be protected, he noted.
"However, Hungarians are hard pressed by inflation because of the war," Viktor Orban pointed out. In this situation, protecting Hungarian families through household utility cost cuts is the most important, the Hungarian premier stressed.
We pay the least for utility bills in the whole of Europe, and this is a huge achievement, Viktor Orban highlighted, pointing out that the next step is to curb inflation by various measures. This process has already begun, he noted. "Price caps, compulsory discount prices, a price monitoring system," PM Orban listed the government measures designed to facilitate the process.