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Interview – Orbán: Which European grouping Fidesz belongs to ‘secondary’
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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, in an interview to public radio on Friday, said that it was a secondary consideration which European grouping Fidesz belonged to in the future.
Orbán said political groupings were in the process of being formed.
“It’s not possible to stay put in one place because then we’d be exposed to changes in European politics,” he said, adding that the ruling party would abide by the Hungarian interest in determining its position on the European political stage.
Fidesz, he said, would have no place in a political family that became pro-immigration and disregarded its Christian roots.
He added that Fidesz would not want to belong to a formation that failed to respect nations or became “hostage to the bureaucrats of Brussels”.
Orbán said an attempt would be made to maintain the European People’s Party as the party of Helmut Kohl.
This grouping would respect nations, place primacy on Christianity and give proper weight to the interests central Europeans.
Further, it would put a premium on creating a potent European economy. Such an EPP would be “good and useful for Hungary”, he added.
Regarding the EPP committee examining the question of the Fidesz party’s place in the grouping, the prime minister said Fidesz and the EPP body were engaged in discussions as equal partners. It would soon emerge whether each side’s goals were compatible, he added.
Visegrad Group
Orbán, referring to Thursday’s Visegrad Group talks, said the V4 states would enforce their own interests when it came to deciding on EU leadership positions. Germany’s trade with the V4 is much larger than with France, so “we’re talking about a decisive group of countries” and “the engine of European growth is currently central Europe”.
The prime minister said a central European leader would have to embody this self-assurance, strength and optimistic outlook at European level, too. He added that any leader from outside central Europe would have to respect central Europe “and not look down on us”.
I would certainly hope that Europe – EU,EC etc will take on board the wise counsel offered above by Prime Minister Viktor Orban in his comments for the beneficial development of Europe as a whole !
One can but hope that a more stable and more equitable outcome, for all, is to be had in a New future, unlike the recent past failings of European sound Government !
Alas time will tell !
John H.Morton.