In recent weeks, Peter Magyar has become a vocal critic of the system created by Orbán. The Respect and Freedom Party (TISZA), which he leads, is gaining supporters month after month – it has already gained 24 percent. supports.
– I want to assume that (Viktor Orban – editor) will give up power and will not turn into a new Putin. But I think he already knows that he has lost people’s trust, even if this still has to be confirmed by the results of the European Parliament elections on June 9, Magyar told Rz.
“Society is shaking”
He was also asked how far Orbán would go to stop him and “if Orbán’s regime would be able to kill him in an extreme case.” Magyar replied that he did not think this would happen, because then there would be a revolution in Hungary. – The politician said: – This is already close to happening, the community is very upset. He also noted that Hungary has become the second poorest country in the European Union.
The politician also said that protecting Hungarian sovereignty is very important, and in terms of his approach to the EU, he is close to Orbán. – I believe that its (European edition) strength must depend on strong, sovereign Member States. He added that there are “double standards” in Brussels, one for new member states and the other for old ones. But – he announced – if he wins power, Hungary will join the EU Prosecutor’s Office and his party will become part of the European People’s Party.
Hungarian against helping Ukraine. “No one helped us”
The politician pointed out that opposition voters alone are not enough to gain power in Hungary, and some Fidesz voters must be captured. – I want to go back a quarter of a century, to the first Orbán government (1998-2002). Magyar said: We witnessed exceptional economic growth at that time, and the unemployment rate was the lowest.
When asked about the war in Ukraine, he said that the Russians should withdraw from Crimea and Donbass. But he added, “America, Europe, China and Turkey must find some solution with Russia.” When asked whether he would send weapons to the Ukrainians if he won, he said no. He himself asked if anyone had come to the rescue of Hungary in 1956. — We were left alone to face the Russians. Why now risk our independence to fight for Ukraine? The politician said: No one in history has helped us.
Regarding the results of the recent parliamentary elections in Poland, Magyar said that he was happy when he learned of the Law and Justice Party’s loss because Poland, as he put it, was Orban’s main ally. When asked if he wanted Warsaw in Budapest, he replied that the Hungarians had their last chance to change the regime. – But we want to do it our way. So Warsaw will not be in Budapest – as he noted in an interview with a journalist from “Rz”.
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