“
Strong families for strong nations
”: around Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, conservative personalities on Thursday in Budapest defended sovereignty and “
family values
”, on the first day of a demographic summit that has become a meeting point for the identity right .
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Before the intervention on Friday of the sulphurous French editorialist Eric Zemmour, potential presidential candidate in his country, the participants succeeded one another at the platform for speeches with "
illiberal
"
tones
.
"They try to put the notion of family into perspective"
"
For our civilization to prosper (...), our priority must be to preserve and strengthen the families on which our nations are built
", declared former US Vice President Mike Pence, praising the Hungarian birth policy.
This is the solution to "
reverse the demographic decline
", not "
the opening of borders
", he insisted.
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In the same vein, Orban advocated a state "
protecting the family, the basis of the nation's survival
", in the face of "
attacks from the western left
".
"
They try to put the notion of family into perspective, by relying on the LGBT and gender lobby
," he argued after being presented as the "
father of five
".
He defended the measures taken against the LGBT + community, as parliament passed legislative amendments in June banning “
the promotion and representation of homosexuality
” among those under the age of 18.
In power since 2010, the Hungarian Prime Minister has never ceased to brandish his defense of a “
Christian
”
Europe
and often crosses swords with Brussels on migrants or the issue of LGBT +.
The Budapest Demographic Summit, which is held every two years, has existed since 2015, but this year it has a special political flavor.
Because after the departure of US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, to whom he was close, Viktor Orban presents himself more than ever as the last resort in the face of liberal thought in Western democracies.
While waiting for Marine Le Pen
On the stage of the Varkert Bazar, a magnificent building on the banks of the Danube, had taken place around him many leaders of the region, from Serbian President Alexander Vucic to Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa.
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On the French side, the former member of the National Front (now RN) Marion Maréchal was there, evoking in unison with the other speakers her "
concern
" about immigration.
"
Some projections indicate that the French of French origin, if I may say so, will be a minority in 2060
", she said, brandishing the specter of an "
Islamic Republic
".
She took the opportunity to recall his closeness to Eric Zemmour, expected on Friday in Budapest where he should meet Mr. Orban one-on-one. "
I find that he has understood the evolution of the world (...) and defends the identity of his country and therefore that of Europe
", explained Tuesday on the CNews channel the polemicist close to the extreme right identity . Absent from this conference, the president of RN Marine Le Pen let it be known that she "
would see Viktor Orban in the coming weeks, (...) in a more political context
", "
probably in Hungary
".
Western nationalists and sovereignists have praised a “
Hungarian model
” for years.
On the menu: refusal of the right to asylum, fight against sexual and gender minorities, birth policy, resistance to
European
"
diktats
" ... "
In the name of the rule of law, we want to impose an ideological order.
(...) I find that deeply undemocratic
”, launches Mr. Zemmour.
A country without crime, for the American right
A fringe of the American right is likewise infatuated with the Hungarian leader.
Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson is full of praise for Viktor Orban, whom he met in August, and this “
safe, orderly, pure
” country where “
crime is absent
”.
However, the Hungarian school would have its limits, according to analyst Gabor Gyori of the Policy Solutions think tank, firstly because it remains marginal.
If "
the right wing of the Republicans goes to Orban
", it is because it "
has turned so far to the extreme right that it no longer finds allies among the conservatives in Europe
", relativizes the researcher, "
while the Hungarian Prime Minister welcomes him with open arms
”.
