PM Orban: Only We Can Build the Future, Because We Firmly Believe in the Power of Love and Solidarity + Video

Prime Minister Viktor Orban, president of Fidesz, delivered a speech at the Budapest campaign-closing event of Fidesz-KDNP.

Photo: Prime Minister’s General Department of Communication

“We Hungarians must not take part in this war under any circumstances,” he stated, adding that Hungary has shown that the path of peace is viable.

The campaign was also useful in allowing competing sides to show their true faces, he said, adding that only Fidesz–KDNP can build the future, because this political community firmly believes in the power of love and solidarity.

“It may be that our gathering is more restrained, as we cannot offer such provocative parties [like the opposition],” he said. Viktor Orban added that “the United States has made it clear that it supports us. This is important because the United States has the strongest military force in NATO, so our security is guaranteed. However, it pains us what the West has become.” He added that “the West is not equal to Brussels. In the United States, Republicans are fighting the same battles as we are here in Europe. The nonsense about the Russians was swept aside by the Americans with a single statement.”

Unfair four years

The prime minister also said that “the past four years have been extremely unfair. We did not start the war, we did not introduce the sanctions. Yet we have had to pay the price for them. The question was how the Hungarian nation responds to this unfairness.” He emphasized that “we have not given up any of our goals. Even with 1 percent growth, we increased the minimum wage by 11 percent.”

Photo: Attila Polyak

The government restored the 13th-month pension and began introducing a 14th-month pension. They doubled family tax reliefs, and mothers with at least two children became exempt from paying income tax. Even under these circumstances, jobs were preserved.

Unfair years may lie ahead. The question is whether we will be able to achieve the Hungarian nation’s most important objective in such a situation, which is to stay out of the war,

 Viktor Orban stated, adding that staying out requires three million votes and national unity.

“If everyone whose shared passion is Hungary goes to vote and brings others with them, we will have three million votes,” he said. He added that it is a false claim and a lie that young people are against the government.

If someone wants to rebel today, they must rebel with us against the globalists and the Brusselites,

he emphasized.

Speaking about young people, he said they do not pay income tax, women under 30 do not pay taxes if they have at least one child; there are student loans to study and worker loans to work. He added that all of this was made possible by their parents. The question, he said, is timing.

In an age of danger, Hungary faces serious challenges, and overcoming them requires knowledge, experience, and routine. This is no time for experimenting; we must protect and safeguard what we have. In his view, Hungary needs a safe choice today, and Fidesz, with its experience, is that safe choice.

The prime minister thanked God for helping Hungary over the past 16 years and thanked those present for their support. He said there is no campaign silence: people should do as he will:  get up early, vote quickly, and then mobilize others.

Before Viktor Orban, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto and L Construction and Transport Minister Janos Lazar also delivered speeches at the rally.

As is known, the three leading Fidesz politicians arrived in Budapest after a full day of intensive campaigning. During the final push, Prime Minister Viktor Orban asked Fidesz supporters and candidates to shake hands with one million Hungarians 

and tell them that Hungary needs peace and security.

In this spirit, Viktor Orban himself toured the country together with Peter Szijjarto and Janos Lazar.

Cover photo: Prime Minister Viktor Orban, president of Fidesz, at the Szekesfehervar stop of his nationwide tour (Photo: MTI/Prime Minister’s General Department of  Communication/Akos Kaiser)