Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, meeting in Budapest six months away from the legislative elections which promise to be tight, on Saturday denounced the attitude of the European Union towards his country and Poland, worthy of the USSR according to him.
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"The European Union speaks to us and behaves with us and the Poles like enemies"
, he launched, in front of a crowd of sympathizers, gathered for a rally on the occasion of the national holiday which commemorates the uprising of Hungary against the USSR in 1956.
Support for Warsaw against Brussels
“Brussels would do well to understand that even the Communists failed to get us. We are the David Goliath would do better to avoid, ”
he added, showing his support for Warsaw in the conflict between him and Brussels on the independence of the courts and the primacy of European law.
Several tens of thousands of people had made the trip and previously marched in the street of the capital.
Among the participants in the march, some came from Poland, waved Polish flags, and even for one, a sign proclaiming "Brussels = dictatorship".
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The 58-year-old sovereignist leader, in power from 1998 to 2002 and continuously since 2010, must count since last week with a major challenger, Peter Marki-Zay, 49, conservative mayor of the province and surprise winner of the primaries of the opposition Sunday.
Experts predict an extremely close battle in April 2022, unlike Viktor Orban in years.
MPZ was also meeting in Budapest for the National Day and gathered around 5,000 people in front of whom he said:
"People were fed up in 1956 and they are fed up today!"
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The Hungarian opposition primaries, a first in the country and a great success, united six opposition parties of all persuasions in an effort to unite their forces in the face of an electoral system favoring Viktor Orban and his right-wing party , the Fidesz.
The Hungarian leader warned his voters against the return of the left - "there is only one left no matter how it disguises itself", he said - and publicly distilled suspicions of foreign interference in the ballot.
“When we needed their help, they didn't come. Now, nothing has been asked of them and they are there,
”he added, referring to appeals to Westerners to help the Hungarians in 1956.
