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Orbán’s „mixed race speech”: Nazi talk or a badly phrased political diversion?

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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán gives a speech at the 31st Bálványos Summer Free University and Student Camp in Tusnádfürdő, Transylvania, on 23 July 2022. Source: MTI/Prime Minister’s Press Office/Benko Vivien Cher.

Hate-mongering, unacceptable words reminiscent of fascism and nazi ideology – these are some of the comments on the speech given by Viktor Orbán in Băile Tuşnad, Romania in July, at this year’s event of the annual “Tusványos Festival”.

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Friendship between Poles and Hungarians is falling apart. But money still flows.

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Wacław Felczak Polish-Hungarian Cooperation Institute headquarters in Warsaw. Source: FRONTSTORY.PL

Victor Orbán delivered his racist speech during an event one of whose partners was Wacław Felczak Polish-Hungarian Cooperation Institute governed by Polish authorities. Each year, this Institute, and its counterpart in Budapest, spend millions on books, competitions, presentations of wines and perfumes, and a very elegant villa in the heart of Warsaw. All in the name of Polish-Hungarian friendship which both countries recently and officially ended.

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Hungary gives up its fierce pro-Kremlin stance at last

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Russian President Putin meets with Hungarian Prime Minister Orban in Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban attend a news conference in Moscow, Russia February 1, 2022. Source: SPUTNIK / Reuters / Forum

The unprecedented show of solidarity towards Ukraine on a regional and European, Trans-Atlantic level forced the Hungarian government to change diplomatic course in just a matter of days, and eventually abandon 12 years of pro-Eastern foreign policy.

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Orbán’s nominee for president: anti-gender crusader Katalin Novák

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Katalin Novák during the World Congress of Families in Budapest, May 2017. Source: Elekes Andor / Wikimedia Commons, CC 4.0

Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán announced Fidesz will put forward Katalin Novák for president. The step ensures Orbán’s party will have an ally in the office even if they lose the general elections coming up in spring. Former minister for families Novák is the face of the Hungarian government’s anti-gender campaign and interacted with various Russian individuals believed to be close to intelligence operations.

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