PM Orban: We're the Nightmare of Brusselites Oppressing the People of Europe

Europe's great debate has changed because it lost its foundations in universal Christian values.

Cover photo: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks at the presentation ceremony of the Hunyadi Janos Award of the Foundation for a Civic Hungary at the Concert Noble event center in Brussels on March 20, 2024 (Photo: MTI/PM's Press Office Release/Zoltan Fischer)

He added that a statement by Karl Popper, who provided the intellectual foundation for the Soros empire, illustrates how the other side sees these same processes. 

He cited the following idea as the cornerstone of the Sorosist empire: anyone who ascribes a special value and historical mission to his own nation is essentially an enemy of open society and, whether he knows it or not, is building a tyranny.

However, the PM concluded his speech with some hopeful thoughts: after decades, he finally feels that sovereignist Central Europeans were not alone and that there is a stir and a movement in Germany, France, Spain and Portugal, as well as in the Netherlands.

It has been a long time since there has been such a prime opportunity for national conservative sovereignist and Christian-based forces to become dominant in the European Union,

he voiced his personal opinion, adding that "we are the nightmare of the Brusselsites who are oppressing the people of Europe".

As an empowering thought, he also said that when dark clouds were gathering over Europe, there were always those who didn't lapse into complacancy. He named Janos Hunyadi, Janos Sobieski, Karoly Martell and the current awardee as such people. "We have only one thing to do, ladies and gentlemen: we needed to line up with Professor Legutko," Viktor Orban concluded his speech, adding that if Hunyadi were among us today, he would surely say the same, and would tell us to "seize the opportunity and win the election ahead of us, or to put it into political terms: take Brussels!"

"European values and freedom are under threat today"

 Ryszard Antoni Legutko expressed his gratitude for being bestowed the Hunyadi Janos Award.

I received the award for protecting European values ​​and freedom. This statement implies the assumption that European values ​​and freedom are under threat today and require protection. This assumption is correct,

he stated. In the professor's view, today's situation has evolved because the concept of Europe has been politically colonized and stripped of its deeper, comprehensive meaning. By today, Europe primarily and often exclusively designates the European project. This approach resulted in the gradual transfer of political power from the member states to the EU institutions.

According to the MEP, those who implemented this process used significant propaganda and indoctrination. Consequently, all criticism that cast doubt on this undertaking had to be stemmed and stigmatized, he opined.

According to Legutko, we should protect ourselves against the effects of this uniformization process in many ways.

The awardee pointed out that evident things remain unnoticed and clear lies can appear as truth because the Left has monopolized the European Union and transformed it into a large political corporation.

When I attend the meetings of the European Parliament, I get the feeling that I'm participating in a motivational training session or that I'm a member of the church of Scientology, 

he shared his personal observation. In his view, this culture has permeated everything so deeply that even smaller countries are able to sing hymns of praise as their own countries weaken. Most of us are not destined to be today's Hunyadi, but many of us must refuse to live with lies and mustn't regard a motivational training as a form of parliamentarism. I have no doubt that all of us must be able to reject the exchanging of our sovereignty for false prestige," he said in conclusion.

Cover photo: In the photo released by the PM's Press Office, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks at the presentation ceremony of the Hunyadi Janos Award of the Foundation for a Civic Hungary at the Concert Noble event center in Brussels on March 20, 2024 (Photo: MTI/PM's Press Office/Zoltan Fischer)