Lights of beacons of Hungarian freedom can be seen from afar also today 

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sent a message to Hungarians beyond the borders which will be read out at events to be held on the occasion of 15 March, our national holiday throughout the Carpathian Basin and the world, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief informed the Hungarian news agency MTI, highlighting that the essence of the message is that we cannot yield an inch of our national independence for anyone’s friendship or at anyone’s threat. 

“In 1848, the Hungarian nation became a flagship of freedom. The youths of March demanded not only a responsible government, the elimination of censorship and equality before the law, but also had a strong desire to finally live in a Europe whose nations want to rise together, side by side, not on one another’s ruins. They believed that freedom was not for its own sake, and was most certainly not the freedom of the stronger over the weaker, not the freedom of the majority over the minority, but served above all to create peace, security and welfare for the people.”

“They left it to us as spiritual heritage sealed with their personal blood sacrifice that we cannot yield an inch of our national independence for anyone’s friendship or at anyone’s threat,” the Prime Minister wrote in his message sent to mark the national holiday. 

Mr Orbán highlighted that the lights of the beacons of Hungarian freedom can be seen from afar also today. They relay the message that we Hungarian ask, demand back the free, dignified and strong Europe that was able to maintain durable peace in its own land, and firmly stood against all explicit or implicit aspirations which sought to eliminate the languages and cultures of indigenous minorities. 

Let there be peace, liberty and concord, the Prime Minister wrote, concluding his message.