Hungarian nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban denounced Monday, May 16 the "
suicide
" of the West and recalled his "
red line
" concerning sanctions against Russia, during his investiture ceremony in front of Parliament.
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A “
suicidal wave
” is agitating “
the Western world
” which is “
experimenting with the great replacement program
”, declared the 58-year-old head of government, referring to the thesis according to which European populations would be replaced by immigrants from outside Europe.
“Last bastion” of the “conservative Christian West”
This "
program wants to replace endangered Christian children with migrants from other civilizations
" and "
I see the same way the madness
" of gender theories, he added.
Large winner of the legislative elections in early April, he had previously been sworn in for a fourth consecutive term after being re-elected by 133 votes out of the 199 in Parliament.
Viktor Orban presented Hungary, a "
haven of common sense
" where having "
God's blessing remains important
", as "
the last bastion with Poland of the conservative Christian West
", while "
the EU has given up
".
Two opposition parties left the hemicycle, calling the new government "
illegitimate
", after 12 years of building an "
illiberal
" state in the words of Viktor Orban, international organizations castigating for their part a “
authoritarian drift
”.
Rejection of EU sanctions
While discontent is mounting in the EU against Budapest's blocking of the oil embargo project, Viktor Orban, who has become closer in recent years to Russian President Vladimir Putin, recalled that "
threatening energy security
" remained "
a red line
" not to be crossed.
Hungary rejects the sixth package of sanctions for lack of guarantees on the maintenance of its supply, and quantified Monday at between 15 and 18 billion euros the cost of a cessation of purchases of Russian oil.
Despite this discord, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen "
congratulated
" him on Twitter on his "
re
-election ", saying that she was "
looking forward to collectively successfully tackling the unprecedented challenges
" facing the European Union (EU ) is confronted.
The oldest EU leader for his part reiterated his wish to see his country “
remain a member of the EU in the coming decade
”.
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He also judged that Hungary's membership in NATO was "
an existential question
", while regretting the current escalation concerning its Ukrainian neighbor.
"
The Russians launched a so-called military operation and the United States decided to fund Ukraine with unlimited military equipment and material, which led to the worst possible combination
," he said.
