Viktor Orbán: Grappling With the Soros Network in the European Parliament
Below is an excerpt from a weekly radio interview with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The radio station’s format involves a still photo over an audio track, so there is no actual video of him speaking.
Many thanks to the Gates of Vienna & to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:
Video transcript:
| 05:30 | About the connection between Eastern and Western Europe: | |
| 05:34 | the vote that took place yesterday in the European Parliament — | |
| 05:38 | What was surprising is that now there was a greater proportion | |
| 05:42 | of representatives who voted that Hungary and Poland | |
| 05:46 | should be punished because of “issues with the rule of law”, | |
| 05:50 | which is not perfect in these countries. | |
| 05:54 | It was also an important day yesterday for the European’s People Party [EPP], | |
| 05:58 | because the migration-supporting | |
| 06:02 | people have a majority in the European Parliament, | |
| 06:06 | where the Hungarian opposition also belongs. Socialists, Liberals, Greens: | |
| 06:10 | they vote against us, they hate us, because | |
| 06:14 | of our viewpoint on migration. So they not only oppose us, | |
| 06:18 | but also hate us and look down on us, | |
| 06:22 | and see us as backward, | |
| 06:26 | in a state of arrested development, we who can’t see | |
| 06:30 | how much benefit comes from letting large masses of Muslims into our world, | |
| 06:34 | and from these two things — the mix of Christian and Muslim world — | |
| 06:38 | what a fantastic future would unfold. They see it that way, | |
| 06:42 | and they look on us as backwards, we who can’t feel the greatness | |
| 06:46 | and beauty of such ideas. I admit: I can’t see the beauty of it, but am rather afraid of it, | |
| 06:50 | and because of that, they do not | |
| 06:54 | use common sense and have an emotional | |
| 06:58 | reaction to the Hungarian viewpoint. That’s OK, | |
| 07:02 | I mean, it is not OK, but no surprise there. In the European People’s Party [EPP] | |
| 07:06 | we had to have a huge debate; that was much more unpleasant. | |
| 07:10 | We were an inch away from leaving the EPP | |
| 07:14 | yesterday. The only reason we haven’t done this | |
| 07:18 | is because the French, the Spanish and | |
| 07:22 | the Italians were clearly with us, | |
| 07:26 | and they stated in the debate that the EPP must stand with Hungary. | |
| 07:30 | Now I look at the whole EPP issue | |
| 07:34 | using national glasses. We as a governing party belong to | |
| 07:38 | a family of parties so that if our homeland — this case Hungary — | |
| 07:42 | ever needs support in Europe, | |
| 07:46 | then we shall have allies there. But if our allies betray us, | |
| 07:50 | like the majority of EPP did yesterday, then we have no place there. | |
| 07:54 | But because three serious countries — | |
| 07:58 | the Italians, the French and the Spanish, they are not nobodies — said | |
| 08:02 | that the Hungarians are right and we must stand with Hungary, that gives us a little hope | |
| 08:06 | that we may realize some changes there. A dwindling hope, but still something, a | |
| 08:10 | little hope. Otherwise, by this morning we would not have been members of it. | |
| 08:14 | Behind the whole thing, in addition to differences of | |
| 08:18 | opinion about pro-migration stands, | |
| 08:22 | the Soros network is very active | |
| 08:26 | in the European Parliament and European politics. | |
| 08:30 | Let’s not forget that in the election they were | |
| 08:34 | able to get many of their representatives into the Parliament and on the Commission. | |
| 08:38 | There are countries where they are capable of seriously influencing governments, too, | |
| 08:42 | so they are in the Council of Europe as well. I have to tell you honestly, | |
| 08:46 | I have always found it strange, that we never spoke openly about this there [in the EU institutions]. | |
| 08:50 | Behind such organizations | |
| 08:54 | the Soros network can always be found. The political handbook writes: | |
| 08:58 | if there is someone who is rich — that’s what we’re talking about here — | |
| 09:02 | not incidentally, he gained this wealth by ruining many people’s lives. | |
| 09:06 | He did that through financial speculation. | |
| 09:10 | So there is a rich person, who buys political influence, because that’s what we’re talking about. | |
| 09:14 | He buys representatives, supports them, finances them. | |
| 09:18 | He operates networks and buys influence in political life. | |
| 09:22 | In our profession we call that an OLIGARCH. | |
| 09:26 | And the world’s number one oligarch is George Soros. Who | |
| 09:30 | through a partially concealed mafia-like network | |
| 09:34 | directs political activities and practices influence | |
| 09:38 | over European politics. And here Hungary and this network collide, | |
| 09:42 | because this network also wants | |
| 09:46 | mixed Christian-Muslim components in a new | |
| 09:50 | modern Europe, which transcends Christianity and national | |
| 09:54 | emotions. And Hungary states that although we have demographic | |
| 09:58 | problems, we do not want migrants, but rather want Hungarian children. | |
| 10:02 | That is why we are against migration and support families. That | |
| 10:06 | causes a very sharp confrontation. The most exciting and hard debate | |
| 10:10 | emerges in the European arena, where we seemingly fight with parties, | |
| 10:14 | but in reality on one side is the Soros-type network and on the other | |
| 10:18 | Hungary and some other Central European countries, | |
| 10:22 | for example Poland. —Why can such things not be spoken about in Brussels? | |
| 10:26 | …Because… | |
| 10:30 | First we must decipher it. Why does one not like to speak | |
| 10:34 | about something openly? Everyone’s life there is something | |
| 10:38 | about which one speaks very carefully. Perhaps because the opposing force seems very strong. | |
| 10:42 | And we are afraid of it. There are many who are afraid | |
| 10:46 | of George Soros, who see, in a Western European media environment, when | |
| 10:50 | he blows his whistle and all the pens start to write, | |
| 10:54 | and they start to attack a politician in the MSM | |
| 10:58 | and online media. Whoever can take such pressure, | |
| 11:02 | that is one hell of a man. But we have already been through that many times. | |
| 11:06 | I myself was “killed” eight times, by these journalists and fake civilians | |
| 11:10 | and the Soros network, and I was resurrected eight times, so for me, | |
| 11:14 | I was rolled in all kinds of juices, so I am not afraid of this, because | |
| 11:18 | I know them. But someone who has never faced such a foe | |
| 11:22 | sees only a steamroller, and thinks, “I have no chance at all.” | |
| 11:26 | And THEY WOULD RATHER KEEP QUIET. —But the situation with the EPP | |
| 11:30 | cannot be maintained for long. What might we expect? | |
| 11:34 | Well, we’re making another attempt. I talked about this | |
| 11:38 | with [Austrian] Chancellor [Sebastian] Kurz — because his party is also a member of the EPP — | |
| 11:42 | I will have a “date” with the Germans, the leader of the CDU, | |
| 11:46 | Madame Chancellor. I would like to talk with the EPP President, | |
| 11:50 | Mr. Tusk — who opposes the Polish government, despite himself being Polish — | |
| 11:54 | this will make my situation more difficult — | |
| 11:58 | then we have to make a decision. One thing for sure: things cannot stay as they are right now, | |
| 12:02 | and if the EPP does not stand up for us, then | |
| 12:06 | we must start a new European Christian Democratic movement. | |
| 12:10 | We have enough to do in Hungary, of course, | |
| 12:14 | but the European front is just as important, so we must | |
| 12:18 | expend a significant amount of energy to create such a European movement. | |
| 12:23 | We will have allies in creating it! —Perhaps, but we shouldn’t be afraid of what the DK | |
| 12:27 | [Democratic Coalition — party of ex-PM Ferenc Gyurcsány, Socialist/Liberal mix, globalists] | |
| 12:30 | says twice every week, | |
| 12:34 | if the Fidesz no longer has a connection with the EPP, | |
| 12:38 | then this will be disadvantageous to our country, because we no longer receive financial support? | |
| 12:42 | Just the opposite! It will be way more advantageous for us, first of all, because we’ll only make | |
| 12:46 | decisions based on what is good for the country; second, | |
| 12:50 | in state-to-state relationships one should never get involved with relations between political parties. | |
| 12:54 | As Prime Minister I have worked with a German Chancellor who was a Social Democrat. | |
| 12:58 | I can also have discussions with the French President, | |
| 13:02 | even though he belongs to a completely different party family. | |
| 13:06 | I could also mention numerous other examples. | |
| 13:10 | So it is a poor and shallow approach | |
| 13:14 | to European politics, in which state-level connections | |
| 13:18 | get mixed up with the party connections. As for the [EU] budget debate, | |
| 13:22 | Hungary has allies — not parties but states — | |
| 13:26 | strong reasons, and in the end, a right to veto. |
