The Prime Minister stressed that he is against migration.
Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban explained his miscegenation claim, which led to him being accused of racism.
According to the publication Telexduring a joint press conference with Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer in Vienna, Orban said that he “sometimes expresses himself ambiguously.”
“This is a civilized position, we are proud of what Hungary has achieved in the fight against racism. It’s not about racism, it’s about cultural differences,” he said.
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He also stressed that he opposes migration.
“I define myself as an anti-migration and anti-immigration politician. This is not a racial issue, this is a cultural issue. We want to keep our civilization as it is now. And in this respect we are different from Austria. We will always protect our borders,” he said. he.
As UNIAN wrote, the scandalous statement of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivered during his annual speech in Baile Tusnada, Romania.
Earlier in the same place, he expressed his main political ideas. In particular, in 2014, for the first time, it was here that he announced that he wanted to build an “illiberal democracy” in Hungary.
In his speech, Orban said that the Hungarians are “not a mixed race, but a mixture of peoples living in our own European home.”
“We are ready to mix with each other, but we don’t want to become a mixed race,” he said, adding that countries where Europeans and non-Europeans mix “are no longer nations.”
This statement was condemned by the president of the Hungarian religious organization Mazsihisz Andras Heisler, the country’s chief rabbi Robert Froelich, and a number of European politicians.
One of the oldest advisers Viktor Orban, Zsuzsa Hegedyush, resigned because of the Prime Minister’s speech. She stated that the speech would have appealed to “the most bloodthirsty race-haters”.
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