The Premier Minister of Hong Kong, Viktor Orban, was most alarmed by “what is happening in democracies of the past” after the decision of the Declaration of Donald Trump’s inability to enter the presidency and the license in Poland on the media’s equipment. condition.
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“We are seeing strange things today, for example in the Western democratic world,” the nationalist leader declared during his annual news conference in Budapest.
“We have to be attentive because there is a large Western democracy that, if I understand correctly, wants to obstruct a presidential candidate by putting legal obstacles in his way,” he said, referring to his ally Trump.
The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday declared the former Republican official ineligible for the presidency because of his actions during the attack on the Capitol, sending shockwaves through the turbulent US presidential election campaign.
Orban continued: “I see another country, no less important, where a party with significant parliamentary representation is put under surveillance,” in a clear reference to the far-right German party “Alternative for Germany.”
“And I see a third country where television has been seized by police forces.”
He was questioned about the new Polish government’s dismissal of the heads of state media, which is widely seen as a follow-up to the previous executive, to which Viktor Orbán was very close.
The Hungarian Prime Minister said: “Evil is eating away at the organization of Western democracies.” Ironically, “If all this had happened in Hungary, NATO forces might have already intervened, which also raises the problem of double standards.”
Viktor Orban, who has been in power without interruption since 2010, faces regular criticism from Brussels and international organizations for his authoritarian drift. The Commission also froze €21 billion in funds allocated to Hungary due to the rule of law situation.
In September 2022, the European Parliament assessed that the central European country was no longer a true democracy, but rather a “hybrid regime of electoral authoritarianism”, while counter-forces were gradually being brought to its side.
Several independent Hungarian media outlets were excluded from the press conference.
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