Hungary : A member of Hungary’s prime minister’s inner circle resigned. It was after he spoke out against becoming people of mixed ancestry.
According to Hungarian media, nationalist Mr. Orban’s speech was a “perfect Nazi text,” according to Zsuzsa Hegedus. He quits after knowing him for 20 years.
The International Auschwitz Committee represents Holocaust survivors. It described the statement as “stupid and dangerous.”
The statements of Mr. Orban, according to his spokesperson, were misconstrued in the media. On Saturday, the message was delivered in a Romanian province with a substantial Hungarian community.
“Multiracial society”
Mr. Orban said in it that mating with Europeans should be permitted. Mating with non-Europeans results in a “mixed-race world.”
“We are open to mingling,” he said. “But we don’t want to become people of mixed ethnic origins.”
Ms. Hegedus accepted Mr. Orban’s well-known anti-immigrant views. But she believed his Saturday speech went too far.
However, she stated in her resignation letter that “I don’t know how you didn’t realize that the speech you made was a fully Nazi rant worthy of Joseph Goebbels”. Adolf Hitler’s PR director was Joseph Goebbels.
Hungary has harshly attacked Mr. Orban’s racial ideas
Some Hungary people have fiercely criticized Mr. Orban’s views on race. While others have backed him just as vehemently.
“Homo sapiens is the only race that exists on this earth,” it adds, “and it is distinct and unbroken.” Rabbi Robert Fröhlich, the notable chief rabbi stated.
Moreover, Mr. Orban’s Fidesz party easily defeated opposition parliamentarians in the April elections. They claimed Mr. Orban’s views were “beyond the pale” and “unbecoming of a European leader.”
The Hungarian leader appeared to mock the Nazi gas chambers during World War Two. They criticized the EU’s aim to reduce gas use by 15% by saying, “The past teaches us German know-how on it.”
The country’s main Jewish group condemned the speech and sought a meeting with Mr. Orban. More than 500,000 Hungarian Jews were slaughtered in the last months of WWII. Many of them were in Auschwitz.
Moreover, his words, according to the International Auschwitz Committee, were “grist to the mill for all racist and far-right organizations in Europe.” They served as a reminder of the dark days of Holocaust survivors’ persecution.
The comments were inappropriate, according to the foreign minister of Romania. And it was regretful that they were made on Romanian soil.
Mr. Orban maintained his positions
In a response letter to his longtime advisor, Mr. Orban stood by his statements.
“You are the best person to know that my administration in Hungary has a zero-tolerance policy for both anti-Semitism and bigotry,” he added.
The mainstream media, according to his spokesperson, was “hyperventilating about a handful of difficult sentences about immigration and integration.” But had not covered the speech’s essential issues.
Speaking about the conflict in Ukraine, Mr. Orban suggested that a negotiated peace agreement should take precedence over continued Western backing for the country and sanctions against Russia.
In April, Viktor Orban was elected to an unprecedented fourth term in power. Yet he has taken a position on Russia’s conflict that differs from that of every other EU nation. Nonetheless, he has maintained close ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Moreover, he is the first member of the EU to publicly criticize Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Even as the rest of the EU opted to minimize its reliance on Russian gas, Hungary’s foreign minister headed to Moscow last week to investigate ways to increase its purchases of the gas. Currently, Russia provides 80% of the gas utilized in Budapest.
Despite receiving major support from the EU, the Hungarian government frequently disagrees with the EU on issues about the rule of law. Such as press freedom and immigration.
