Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has blasted the European Union (EU) in a speech marking the anniversary of Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet revolution, comparing EU membership to over four decades of Soviet occupation. The Veszprem speech accused the EU of undermining Hungary’s national identity and enforcing a liberal democracy model which, he asserted, the Hungarian people reject. He insinuated that Brussels, the de facto EU capital, is employing techniques once used by Soviet domineers—a reminder of what he called “Soviet times.”
“Today, things pop up that remind us of the Soviet times. Yes, it happens that history repeats itself,” Orbán said. “Fortunately, what once was tragedy is now a comedy at best. Fortunately, Brussels is not Moscow. Moscow was a tragedy. Brussels is just a bad contemporary parody.”
But, he added, all is not lost for European governance.
“Moscow was irreparable, but Brussels and the European Union can still be fixed,” he said.uj
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