Most Hungarians Stand on the Side of Peace + Video

Hungarian State Secretary Balazs Hidveghi was the Monday morning guest on The Hour of Truth. During the program, the governing-party politician spoke about how history has already shown that nations can be dragged into war—and that irresponsible statements therefore pose a serious danger.

Hungarian State Secretary Balazs Hidveghi in Parliament (Photo: Zoltan Baogh, Source: MTI Photo Department)

“They want a Peter Magyar. We want an independent political force,” Hidveghi declared.

He also referenced comments by economist Laszlo Lengyel, who said Peter Magyar would receive backing from the West during the campaign. According to Hidveghi, this support comes from the Brussels elite representing liberal "democracy".

A Giant Left-Wing Debacle

The politician also responded to remarks by Endre Hann, head of the Median polling firm, who argued that current opinion polls are not forecasts.

“Last time there was nearly a 20 percent difference between the polls and the actual results—and it was also interesting to watch the dispute between the Democratic Coalition (DK) and Median, where Hann allegedly offered favorable results to DK in exchange for money,” he said.

The program also discussed the fact that businessman Istvan Kapitany has joined the Tisza Party.

“The question is what values and interests the people Peter Magyar brings forward actually represent. The Hungarian national interest must come first,” Hidveghi said.

He pointed out that Andras Karman, for example, represents multinational corporations, which would make life worse for Hungarian citizens, and that figures with this mindset are appearing Peter Magyar and the Tisza Party's orbit.

Hidveghi also argued that migration does not strengthen Western economies but instead places additional burdens on them. He said the Tisza Party would abolish utility price caps—dismissed by party functionary Kriszta Bodis as “consciousness-shaping”—even if it denies this, just as it denies supporting the EU migration pact. On utility price reductions, Julia Kiraly has called them a lie, while Peter Magyar has labeled them “humbug.”

The opposition’s offer is war, migration, and the abolition of utility price cuts,

Hidveghi warned.

He also recalled that Peter Magyar previously incited tensions over excessive heat in hospitals and used health care as a political tool—adding pointedly that no one corrected him when he referred to a “Tesla MRI machine,” despite no such machine - Tesla being a car brand and MRI referring to magnetic resonance imaging.

Cover photo: Hungarian State Secretary Balazs Hidveghi in Parliament (Photo: Zoltan Balogh, Source: MTI Photo Department