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In his speech delivered at the event of the party foundation of Fidesz ‘Foundation for a Civic Hungary,’ Mr Orbán stressed that in the debate conducted with the liberals – rather than George Soros’s empire and the Brussels bureaucrats – nations will win. The ideal of open society has not taken root in Central Europe.
“We will send them packing, to where they belong, to the dustbin of history, to where we bundled off the communists, too,” said the Prime Minister.
Regarding the fact that the Hunyadi János Prize of the Foundation for a Civic Hungary now presented for the first time was conferred upon Professor Ryszard Antoni Legutko, a Member of the European Parliament for Poland, Mr Orbán highlighted that upon scrutinising the functioning of the European Union, the awardee discovered the critical signs of aspiration for political hegemony. He identified the fact that the progressive liberals are hostile to everyone who thinks differently. He pointed out that they had become like the communists and posed a genuine threat to freedom “because they are trying to make their own utopistic nightmares come true.”
He said the progressive liberals in the European Union have no interest in the European people. They are only interested in and care for their own ideals. If the price for the realisation of those ideals is to have to destroy European industry and agriculture, they will do so. And if it is to wipe out Europe’s cultural past with illegal migration, they will do that, too, the Prime Minister warned.
We represent the European people, not ideals,
he said.
In his words, in 2004, at the time of our accession to the EU, “we believed that we had arrived at our destination, and had finally come home. We thought that the EU will serve as a custodian of growth and a guarantee of our national independence.” He said at the same time that Ryszard Antoni Legutko already recognised at an earlier stage that the representatives of liberalism strove to eliminate sovereignty, to remove as many national powers as possible, and to control the community with political dictates. “Those that we argue with want to eliminate us, in actual fact,” he pointed out. However, he said, in the debate conducted with the liberals, nations will win, not George Soros’s Empire, nor the Brussels bureaucrats.
He said following the departure of Britain, a country that was thinking in terms of nation states, the duty of the representation of sovereignty has been left with the people of Central Europe. He added that the Poles and the Hungarians had always agreed on the issue of sovereignty.
“I feel for the first time after many long decades that the pro-sovereignty Central Europeans are not alone,” Mr Orbán said, adding that there is upheaval and turmoil among the farmers of Germany, the same as in France and Portugal, and within just a few months, national conservative pro-sovereignty forces have become dominant in the Netherlands, too. Europe is beginning to show signs of life, is beginning to defend itself, and is beginning to have its voice heard. “Not for a long time have I seen such a good opportunity for national forces standing on conservative, pro-sovereignty and Christian foundations to become dominant in the European Union,” he pointed out.
In his words, after Ryszard Antoni Legutko recognised the patterns of communism in progressive liberalism, rather than keeping that knowledge to himself, he spoke about it openly.
“Meaning that we are welcoming here not only a brilliant mind and an active individual, but also a brave man because talking about the authoritarian trends inherent in liberalism in the nineties required a great deal of courage. I’d like to thank you for having contributed with your work to the freedom of the Hungarian people, too,” Mr Orbán added.
In his address, Ryszard Antoni Legutko pointed out, among others, that European values and freedom were under threat and required defending. He stressed that democracy and freedom were declining in the European Union. Anti-Christian reflexes have become an essential constituent part of EU awareness. The European project means nothing other than the transfer of political power from the Member States to the institutions of the EU. Those who are pro-integration deny European cultural heritage, and silence or harass those who speak up against this, he said. The Left has monopolised the European Union and has transformed it into a large political corporation, he stated. “For the countries of our region, this is a road leading to slavery,” Ryszard Antoni Legutko added in his speech.
President-Director General of the Foundation for a Civic Hungary Ádám Kavecsánszki said the prize had been awarded to the Polish Member of the European Parliament for promoting European cooperation based on respect for the sovereignty of nation states, for discovering the totalitarian features of liberal democracies on a philosophical basis, for his political and academic work of several decades, and for the unwavering representation in the European Parliament of Christian values as well as the ideals of freedom and independence.
The Hunyadi János Prize established by the Foundation for a Civic Hungary in 2023 was presented for the first time in Brussels.
The international prize was created to recognise outstanding achievements that focus on the defence of the freedom and independence of European nations and the conscious embrace of the universal Christian culture that unites the peoples of the continent.
