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Arriving at the two-day EU summit, in the context of the selection of the next president of the European Commission, Mr Orbán said when there was a change of government in Poland – something which has “always been supported” from Brussels with the means of the rule of law – and a number of “minimum questionable” changes were implemented, the European Commission did not say a word.
“When I asked in a letter whether we Hungarians were allowed to do what the new Polish government had done in Poland, they did not even bother to respond. Therefore, in our minds, the president of such a commission cannot be maintained in her position,” he said.
He further said the European People’s Party (EPP), the socialists and the liberals formed a coalition for the appointment of the next leaders of the institutions of the European Union which is – in his words – “a party coalition of lies and deceit.”
The agreement was forged on a party basis, rather than on the basis of programmes, the performance rendered to date or future plans. This was expressly about the distribution of power positions, he stressed. “I must condemn” the agreement of the People’s Party, the socialists and the liberals “as nothing short of shameful,” he said.
The People’s Party gathered a part of the right-wing votes and then took them to the left, thereby deceiving European electors, he pointed out. This is impertinence towards European voters who voted in majority for the Right and would have liked to see a right-wing European leadership. “We have no reason whatsoever to support this abuse of power,” he underlined.
Regarding the country-specific recommendations identified for Hungary in EU reports, he said “we regard them all as praise.” These are important means of Hungary’s economic policy, and contribute to the fact that Hungary’s economic growth well exceeds the average of the European Union.
“This is what Hungarian success stems from. They want to take this success away from us, but unfortunately, we’re not in the position to give it away,” he said.
In connection with the six-month Hungarian presidency of the Council of the European Union starting on 1 July, he stressed that the programme of the Hungarian presidency was about competitiveness and economic growth which, he highlighted, everyone supported. Hungary additionally wants peace and to stop illegal migration.
“We have the support of the large countries behind 95 per cent of our programme,” Mr Orbán added.
