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Interview with PM Orbán: Soros’s network in Hungary like mafia – UPDATE
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The only network which “operates like a mafia” in Hungary is billionaire George Soros’s, the prime minister said in an interview to public radio on Friday.
“Soros’s network in Hungary like mafia”
In a speech in Brussels on Thursday, Soros had accused Hungary of being a “mafia state”.
Speaking on Kossuth Radio, Viktor Orbán said that Soros’s network and its “agencies” were “a significant and non-transparent component of Hungary’s public life”.
Orbán insisted that “the financial speculator” and “his supporters in Hungary” were seeking to implement “a programme to allow migrants into the country”.
The entire left wing in Hungary was among those supporters, he said, highlighting László Botka, the Socialist Party’s PM candidate, “who has announced that he would dismantle the border fence”.
Orbán insisted that Hungary was acting as a “barrier” to Soros, who is “only being prevented from importing one million migrants to Europe thanks to the Hungarian government”.
Referring to recent remarks by Soros, in which he suggested that Hungary was a “mafia state”, Orbán said they were “offensive” and tantamount to a “declaration of war”.
Concerning the government’s recent “national consultation” survey, Orbán said that a document explaining its questions had been sent to “Brussels bureaucrats”. He added that “it may not be understood due to the difference in cultural backgrounds”.
“Protecting the current status quo requires stopping Brussels”. Hungary, he said, would not “give up further powers”, but this was seen as “an anti-EU attitude”. Orbán vowed to use the outcome of the survey as authorisation to block the distribution of migrants if the EU “forces a settlement programme on Hungary”.
“Hungarian voters don’t want to hand that right over to Brussels,” he said, adding that he would do the same when it came to a European energy union “if it containes stipulations under which the market or Brussels would set the [retail] price of energy”.
Orbán said that 1.7 million people had participated in the national survey, adding that the large number of respondents had indicated that “it is not a country of indifference”. The survey “strengthens the government’s position and adds to its weight and demonstrates its commitment,” he said.
Commenting on the United States decision to quit the Paris Climate Agreement, Orbán said he was “shocked” and noted “the Hungarian consensus” that “climate change is a reality, it is a threat and it is of a global nature requiring global-level action”.
“The decision of the US president flies in the face of all this,” Orbán said, adding that understanding the ramifications of Donald Trump’s move would require a lot more reflection.
Soros may have been born in Hungary, this does not make him Hungarian nor does it allow him to interfere in Hungary’s sovereignty. There are far richer people such as Mr. Buffett, Mr. Gates, Mr. Helu, Mr.Koch, etc. Most of the really wealthy people quietly do wonderful things and do not interfere in government policies. Soros should follow their example.
Mr. Trump pulled out of the Paris Accord, after he analyzed the agreement. He felt that it did little to improve the environment at a great cost to the American Tax payers. It is his right as a US President. No other country has the right to interfere in US affairs. Writing a letter from Hungary is utterly silly. You may not like their decision but it is their tight to make.
NGO supported by Soros in Greece has crossed the line by stealing money meant for refugees and were complicit in child abuse according to the Greek government. Great achievement, congratulation Soros.