Orbán, Hungary, EU, Islam and Christianity
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s speech at a meeting of the heads of Hungary’s diplomatic missions abroad
Budapest, 7 September 2015
Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Thank you for giving me the floor, Péter. Allow me to welcome former minister János Martonyi, and to greet to the head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament. I am pleased to see Mrs. Katalin Szili. Let me see if there is anyone else from the opposition; there is no democracy without members of the opposition. Where are they? László? Good morning, former foreign minister Kovács, I welcome you warmly, too; I am happy to see you as well. Is there anyone here from Jobbik? No one? Never mind. (Laughter)
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Indeed, as Péter (Szijjártó) has said, we last met in March. In light of the latest news, we could say, of course, that a great many things have changed; but in actual fact, the essence of our message and the ideological and spiritual premise for our meeting today have not changed at all. In March too, we established that Hungary must have an independent foreign policy. The essence of an independent foreign policy is that it is based on the interests of the Hungarian people, and its yardstick is the prosperity of the Hungarian people. Our conviction in this led us to talk about this in the spring of this year. If a foreign policy is submissive and is driven by the desire for accommodation, it shackles itself, and is unable to meet the expectations that we might wish to aspire to; in other words, it is a fundamental interest of the Hungarian people that Hungary should have a foreign policy which is based on the premise that Hungary’s best interests are of the utmost importance, and its foreign policy should be implemented around the world by people who believe this.
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Budapest, 7 September 2015
Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Thank you for giving me the floor, Péter. Allow me to welcome former minister János Martonyi, and to greet to the head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament. I am pleased to see Mrs. Katalin Szili. Let me see if there is anyone else from the opposition; there is no democracy without members of the opposition. Where are they? László? Good morning, former foreign minister Kovács, I welcome you warmly, too; I am happy to see you as well. Is there anyone here from Jobbik? No one? Never mind. (Laughter)
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Indeed, as Péter (Szijjártó) has said, we last met in March. In light of the latest news, we could say, of course, that a great many things have changed; but in actual fact, the essence of our message and the ideological and spiritual premise for our meeting today have not changed at all. In March too, we established that Hungary must have an independent foreign policy. The essence of an independent foreign policy is that it is based on the interests of the Hungarian people, and its yardstick is the prosperity of the Hungarian people. Our conviction in this led us to talk about this in the spring of this year. If a foreign policy is submissive and is driven by the desire for accommodation, it shackles itself, and is unable to meet the expectations that we might wish to aspire to; in other words, it is a fundamental interest of the Hungarian people that Hungary should have a foreign policy which is based on the premise that Hungary’s best interests are of the utmost importance, and its foreign policy should be implemented around the world by people who believe this.
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