Miklos Szantho: Hungary Aims to Maintain Good Relations With All Great Powers

Hungary aim is to be on good terms with every major power, and anyone who thinks otherwise is representing a position contrary to Hungarian interests, declared Miklos Szantho, Director General of the Center for Fundamental Rights, on Friday at the Tranzit Festival in Tihany.

From left to right: Miklos Szantho, Director General of the Center for Fundamental Rights, publicist Zsolt Bayer and Hungary's Ambassador to Washington Szabolcs Takacs (b-j) at the discussion entitled 'MAGA and MEGA - A New Era in Hungarian-American Relations' at the Tranzit Festival in Tihany, August 29, 2025 (Photo: MTI / Tibor Katona)

Also participating in the panel, Hungary’s ambassador to Washington, Szabolcs Takacs, said the United States has a clear view of the Brussels deep state, and that U.S. leadership disapproves of what is happening there. He added that the Trump administration places importance on seeing more European countries governed by conservatives. Takacs emphasized that America defines Hungary as a “civilizational ally,” and underlined that Washington takes seriously the need for a patriotic shift in Europe. He noted that Trump views the Hungarian prime minister as a friend, and in the past six months the U.S. has lifted all sanctions measures against Hungary imposed by the previous administration.

Cover photo: From left to right: Miklos Szantho, Director General of the Center for Fundamental Rights, publicist Zsolt Bayer and Hungary's Ambassador to Washington Szabolcs Takacs (b-j) at the discussion entitled 'MAGA and MEGA - A New Era in Hungarian-American Relations' at the Tranzit Festival in Tihany, August 29, 2025 (Photo: MTI / Tibor Katona)