No right to neutrality

‘We must once again resemble the Hungary that chooses cohesion and declares that it has had enough of oppression,’ said the leader of the largest opposition party by far since the European elections. He called on his supporters to make history and use their commitment to force Fidesz out of power in 2026.

Magyar described the 1956 revolution and the struggle for freedom as ‘the most marvellous 13 days in Hungarian history, which shook the world’. The revolutionaries stopped the Soviet tanks at Széna tér. The Tisza Party had set out to return the legacy of the 56 national flags with the hole to the Hungarian people. Magyar once again labelled the Prime Minister’s political director, Balázs Orbán, a ‘traitor’.

Today there are people in positions of power who have not behaved bravely like the defenders of Pest, who accept medals from the Russians (a reference to Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó), who blame another nation when it is attacked by the Russians. ‘Today, this country is led by a man who is tarnishing the legacy of 1956 with all his actions. Mr Prime Minister, where is the man who once called for the Russians to leave Hungary?’ The Orbán government has no right to proclaim neutrality because Hungary has belonged to the Christian West since King St Stephen. The citizens have declared in a referendum that they want to be a member of the EU and NATO. ‘Viktor Orbán has no authority to serve the interests of the Russians,’ the Tisza leader deduced.