Legal and physical attempts were made to disrupt the NatCon Conference, with the entire European press watching the anti-democratic means used by the Brussels city authorities to prevent the gathering of pro-peace and anti-immigration conservatives.
We have some bad news for leftist-liberal opinion dictators: Viktor Orban arrived at the venue.
The prime minister was welcomed with great interest at the conservative conference in Brussels. At the forum Mr Orban expressed his views in a conversation with Yoram Hozany, president of the Edmund Burke Foundation, which organizes NatCon. The two recalled that the Hungarian PM had already attended a NatCon Conference in Rome.
Noting the changes that have taken place since then, Mr Orban stressed that although we are still battling similar problems, there is a real chance for advancing politically thanks to the strengthening of right-wing forces.
In Brussels, they are working on wiping out the anti-migration policies of countries like Hungary and previously Poland.
As a second point, the premier pointed out that under Ursula von der Leyen the European Commission had become a politicized player instead of a guardian of the Treaties.
When asked about the Polish elections and the campaign, Hungary's PM said that as a man of action, he will not provide intellectual input, but will simply say that change is needed and then went on to stress that the green transition has failed.
They promised better agriculture, now farmers are suffering in Europe. They said they would solve the issue of migration, now an even bigger migration crisis is looming. They said they would put an end to the war with sanctions, but it is still raging.
All the problems in Eastern Europe were caused by international endeavors, he stressed, adding that these problems could only be solved at the national level. In the West, on the other hand, it was international aspirations that brought progress, while national ambitions often led to tragedies, such as Nazism.
Thirty years ago, political debates with Helmut Kohl and Tony Blair were happening on a different substantive level. Today its not about substance, and if we seriously look at what populism is, we see that it means that a political figure promises good things that he or she will not be able to deliver. "I kept my promises," he said, "We said no to migration and acted on it, we said no to gender ideology and continue to protect our children," Mr Orban said.