Dear Santiago, you are Spanish, and you say reconquista. I am Hungarian, and I say, I understand you, and I stand with you,
Prime Minister Viktor Orban began his speech by addressing Santiago Abascal, the leader of Spain's Vox party, and then recounted some historic facts:
In the 1200s, the daughter of the Hungarian king married King James I of Aragon. The Hungarian guards who accompanied her joined your ranks and fought alongside you in the battles of the Reconquista. Three hundred years later, we met again. On opposite ends of Europe—here in the West and us in the East—we fought against the same invading force. Your hero, Fernando Aldana, led thousands of Spanish soldiers who fought at Hungarian border fortresses,
he said, reiterating:
"I understand you, and I stand with you."
Continuing this historical theme, Mr Orban noted:"Four hundred years later, we met again."
My dear Spanish friends, you were the first to support us in 1956 when we rose up against communism and the Soviet Union. That means Spain and Hungary share a comradeship tested in arms. And today, seventy years later, I stand here with you in Madrid. Santiago, I understand you, and I stand with you—long live the reconquista!
He added that the two nations also share peaceful memories:
The people of Madrid are kind, selfless, good friends—and most importantly, they love football. A Hungarian named Puskas, whom you know as 'Pancho', said this. I come from his homeland, traveling 2,000 kilometers from Hungary to be here with you.
Hungary is interesting because of its politics
Viktor Orban stressed that Hungary is not significant due to its size or military power but because of its political stance:
"For 15 years, we have been building a free, conservative, and Christian Hungary. Today, Hungary is the laboratory of conservative politics."
He mentioned Hungary's Fundamental Law, noting that
We wrote in the constitution that a mother is a woman, a father is a man. We used to think everyone knew this. We eradicated unemployment. Companies in Hungary pay the lowest taxes in Europe. The state does not penalize work—it rewards it. Of course, the globalist elite hates us,
he said, highlighting:
"Brussels bureaucrats, American Democrats, and the Soros network have launched a manhunt against us. They hunt us because we defended our homeland. And what did they do in the meantime? They ruined Europe. Because of Brussels, the European economy has plummeted. Because of Brussels, our money is sent to Ukraine for a hopeless war. Because of Brussels, Europe is flooded with migrants. Brussels opened the gates and borders to the invasion of migrants."
He recalled that in 2015, George Soros declared that Europe should admit one million migrants per year:
And lo and behold, in nine years, nine million illegal migrants have arrived. The illegal migration invasion of Europe is not a conspiracy theory—it is a reality,
he said, adding:
As dark humor goes, it's time to find new conspiracy theories because the old ones all turned out to be true. Friends, the world has been transformed by the Trump tornado in just a few weeks.
"An era has ended. Yesterday we were the heretics, today we are the mainstream"
Orban declared, continuing:
