EC President Von Der Leyen Congratulates Orbà¡n
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Loading... - Margarita Zavala
- 17 May 2022
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Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, congratulated Viktor Orbán on his re-election as Hungary’s prime minister on Monday. The congratulations came somewhat belatedly, as Ursula von der Leyen failed to do so immediately after the April 3 parliamentary elections, in which the Fidesz-KDNP again secured a two-thirds majority in parliament. Orbán took his oath of office yesterday, Monday. In his inaugural speech, he talked about the European Union, which he again criticized, but also said that it is in Hungary’s interest to remain a member of the European Union.
On Monday, the National Assembly re-elected Viktor Orbán as prime minister. In his speech after being sworn in, the Prime Minister sharply criticized the European Union, saying: “It is true that instead of a Europe of nations, they want to build a new empire, the United States of Europe. It is also true that the cultural distance between the western half of Europe and Hungary is growing…,” adding, “We believe in nation states, which Brussels has already abandoned. For us it is important to have a homeland that we love and to preserve the continuity of 1000 years of Hungarian life,” also stressing:
I want to make it clear that Hungary is a member of the European Union and it is in our interest that it remains a member in the next decade.”
