EP election – Orbán: Voters express ‘clear wish’ for change in Brussels

Hungarian voters at Sunday’s European Parliament election “expressed clearly that they want a change in Brussels”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in parliament on Monday.

Hungarians want to see European leaders “working to stop migration rather than organise it”, leaders who “respect Europe’s nations and seek to protect Christian culture”, the prime minister said. “Hungarians want leaders for whom the interests of the European people always come first,” he added, pledging support for such leaders only.

Addressing a plenary session, Orbán said

voters “have asked” their MEPs to represent the interests of Hungarians in Brussels and not the other way round.

“Hungarians have once again expressed trust in the allied governing parties and the government; we have garnered larger support than a year ago,” the prime minister said, referring to their showing in the general election last spring.

In Sunday’s ballot, Hungarian voters gave the government a strong mandate which Orbán said was “for representing change in Brussels”.

“It is an assignment, and we will do our utmost to best represent the will of Hungarians in European politics,” he said.

Orbán said Hungarians have once again expressed trust in the allied governing parties, giving the government larger support than a year ago, referring to their showing in the general election last spring.