Viktor Orban and Herbert Kickl Sign Joint Declaration in Vienna

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Herbert Kickl, the leader of Austria's Freedom Party (FPO), signed a joint declaration in Vienna on Thursday, the Hungarian PM's press chief said. The signatories believe that reforming Europe and the European Union does not call for forced centralization and making institutions even more complicated, but for returning power to the people and to the MPs elected by the member states.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (l) and Herbert Kickl, president of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPO), present the Vienna Declaration during their meeting in Vienna on October 31, 2024 (Photo: MT/Hungarian PM's Press Office/Zoltan Fischer)

The signatories actively support ending the wars going on in the world as soon as possible through ceasefire and negotiations, calling on Europe to provide a venue for peace negotiations and thereby for a return to the original idea that regarded the European Union as a peace project.

We, the Patriots for Europe, want the European Union to focus on its actual objectives, that is to ensure peace, freedom, security and prosperity for as many citizens as possible. We affirm our intention to further consolidate and strengthen our successful alliance internally, as well as to expand it externally,

the Vienna Declaration states.

Cover photo: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (l) and Herbert Kickl, president of the Freedom Party of Austria, present the Vienna Declaration during their meeting in Vienna on October 31, 2024 (Photo: MT/Hungarian PM's Press Office/Zoltan Fischer)