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He is not irrational, he is ready to commit himself, but he is going to the wall: this is how Viktor Orbán described the Hungarian ambassador in Vienna in an interview with the Weiner Zeitung. Viktor Nagy defended illiberal democracy in Hungary, saying it was a new form of Christian democracy. The prime minister defends the national interest, but is pro-European, says the ambassador, who is therefore confident that Fidesz will eventually remain in the Popular Party.
The ambassador sees an apparent debate.
According to Nagy, the Hungarian system cannot be properly evaluated without a historical context: in the West, the liberal adjective is inseparable from democracy, but in Hungary the 1994 MSZP-SZDSZ coalition did a lot of damage to liberalism, according to an interview published in Hvg.
Furthermore, the image of a strong leader fits into the Hungarian mindset, so Orbán’s style does not provoke negative reactions, says the ambassador.
He views the controversy in Brussels over the Enabling Law as a bogus debate, as he does not say it would violate democratic norms, for example, by setting an indefinite time frame.
He said about the EU subsidies, which Orbán has repeatedly said: it is not a gift, the country has opened its markets in return, 80 percent of the subsidies actually go back to net taxpayers.
The decline in population must be stopped not by immigrants but by the increase in the number of births, even if it is a costly and lengthy process.
According to him, Orbán never crosses the red line, he only examines where the barriers are, but in the end he is ready to make a withdrawal if he violates the fundamental rights of the EU. That is why the ambassador in Vienna considers it impossible for Hungary to leave the EU or even suspend its membership.
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