Viktor Orban is clearing out the row of Ugorshchina in the remaining 14 years and one of the More super-sensitive politicians from Europe. They are accused of authoritarianism, influenced by the interests of Russia and anti-surge sentiments. The Ugric prime minister is systematically blocking assistance to Ukraine from the EU and pushing for “peace negotiations” to end the war.
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- Who is Viktor Orban: biography and the beginning of a career in politics
- Youngest Prime Minister of Ugorshchina
- Turnaround democracy to authoritarianism
- Follower of Putin and Trump
- Unfriendly susid? Orban's position for Ukraine
Who is Viktor Orban: biography and the beginning of a career in politics
Viktor Orban is 61 years old, born in the Ugric town of Szekesfehervar. My father worked as an agronomist engineer, and my mother worked as a speech therapist. After graduating from high school, he completed military service, and then entered the Faculty of Law at the University of Budapest.
Brave active participation in student self-government. The theme of Orban's master's thesis was the investigation of the anti-communist movement “Solidarity” in Poland.
Having started political activity in 1988, he became one of the founders of the civil-political alliance FI DESZ (abbreviation for FIatal DEmokraták SZövetsége, Union young democrats).
Recognition among the citizens of Orban was born in 1989, when in the center of Budapest, before the thousands of people gathered, they voted with a call for the withdrawal of the Radyan army from the Ugric region and the holding of elections.
Nevertheless, as one of the FIDESZ staff , asked to take part in the negotiations with the ruling communist party. Already behind the river, elections were held in the Ugorsk region, and the Soviet Socialist Republic lost the country in 1991.
In 1988, Orban worked for the Soros Foundation in Budapest as a lawyer and sociologist, and in 1989, he became a scholarship to the fund.
Youngest Prime Minister of the Ugrian region
Viktor Orban turned his back on his US leadership in 1990 to take part in the parliamentary elections. As a result of being elected as a deputy, he favored the FIDESZ faction.
The FIDESZ transformed from a youth liberal political organization into a right-wing conservative party, and Orban became its leader.
In the 1998 elections, the party gained more there are votes , and surrounded the seat of the Prime Minister of Ugorshchina. At 35 years of age, becoming the youngest member of the order in the history of the region.
In the middle of this work there was a reduction in taxes and social contributions, the fight against unemployment and inflation.
During Orban's first tenure, inflation dropped from 15% to 7.8% (as of 2001), the budget deficit narrowed and economic growth began. Fees for studying at universities have been reduced, and universal benefits for mothers have been updated.
During the presidency of Viktor Orban, the Ugorshchina in 1999 became part of NATO.
The turn from democracy to authoritarianism
In 2002 after defeat in the elections Having removed Viktor Orban from office as prime minister, the FIDESZ party was in opposition in the 8th century.
During this hour, the politician’s democratic views began to change in favor of authoritarianism. Orbán tried to turn around the bias of the voters with populist statements, criticizing the reforms of the educational and medical system introduced by the government at that time.
In 2010, FIDESZ was able to achieve 68% of the increase. Viktor Orban became prime minister and from that moment on he has been constantly in office for 14 years (relocating 4 times).
At the beginning of his political career, he called himself a “liberal agnostic,” but later became a proponent of traditional Christian values. Orban spoke out on the importance of preserving the institution of family, faith, freedom, and sovereignty in the Ugor region.
Orban’s order is criticized for restricting the rights of LGBT people, destroying democratic norms, and restricting freedom of speech. In 2021, the international disorderly organization “Reporters without Cordons” added the Ugric premier to the list of national leaders who are considered “enemies of the press.”
Viktor Orban advocates the exchange of migrants' rights and in 2022 he made a scandalous statement on the topic of “mixing European and non-European wow race” through migration.
Talking about the problem of illegal immigrants in Europe, the politician stated that while taking over from other parts of the continent, the “purity of race” is being preserved in Ugorsk region.
The European Parliament reacted to Orban’s policies in 2018 with a resolution that the activities of his order were in conflict with fundamental European values. The EP said that in Ugorsk region there are problems with the rule of law, judges are behind the authorities, the opposition is growing, and they are under the control of the authorities.
In 2022, the European Parliament stated that “the situation has worsened to the point that the Ugor region under Orban’s leadership has turned into a “hybrid regime of elected autocracy.” great freedoms and rights of different faiths of the population and a high level of corruption in the Ugorsk region.
A friend of Putin and Trump
The position of Viktor Orban before the Russian Federation and his friend Volodymyr Putin changed with fate right away. The cold weather turned into sullenness.
In 2018, the Ugric leader stated that while the Ugric people suffered greatly in Russia in the past, he now knows that “Putin, having made his power once again visible, and that Russia is important again livim gravel in the world arena.”
After the annexation of Crimea and the outbreak of war in similar regions of Ukraine, Viktor Orban continued to support the Putin regime and opposed the international isolation of the Russian Federation.
Unfazed by the large-scale invasion of Russia to Ukraine and being a member of the EU and NATO, Ugorshchina preserved economic and political ties with the aggressor country. Orban has repeatedly called for sanctions against the Russian Federation, declaring that they are ineffective.
At this time, as other parts of the European Union are interested in Russian oil and gas, Ugorshchina is negotiating with the Russian Gazprom about increased supplies in 2025. In addition, the Russian Federation will have a Paks II nuclear power plant on Ugric territory.
Viktor Orban is also a henchman of US ex-President Donald Trump, who is now running to become a member of the White House. Politicians clashed more than once, Orban spoke on friendly terms with Trump and said that he had “something interesting” in his views.
The Ugric Prime Minister respects that if Trump was the President of the States, There would be no full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, and if Donald Trump wins the elections in November 2024, he could end the war.
“Today I don’t see another leader in Europe or America who would be strong enough to stop the war. The world has a name – Donald Trump,” Orban said in an interview with the French publication Le Point.< /p>
The current policy of the White House, NATO and the European Union at the beginning of a large-scale invasion of Ukraine is important that the war could expand.
“The chances are growing that the war will expand, and who knows what will happen. We have not been so close to a world war in the last seventy years. The king is naked: the Brussels bureaucrats have dragged the Sun into despair ynu”, – the Ugric politician speaks up.
Unfriendly court? Orban's position in favor of Ukraine
The Prime Minister of the Ugorsk region has a superb position for Ukraine. The crisis in the bilateral relations of the countries began through the promotion of the rights of the Ugric minority in Transcarpathia.
Orban spread inaccurate information about the extermination and cultural genocide of the Ugric minority, declaring the need for autonomy for the Transcarpathian Ugric peoples. Having repeatedly condemned the Ukrainian law, Ukrainization and decommunization. The solution to the problem of nutrition of the national minorities of the Ugorsk region began to challenge the integration of Ukraine to the European Union and NATO.
Orbán was the only leader among the EU countries who continued to maintain close ties with the Kremlin after the large-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Prime Minister of the Ugorsk region expressed the idea that Russia’s superiority in resources and people is “impossible.”
Opposing Ukraine’s membership in NATO, Viktor Orban initially declared that Ukraine may becoming a buffer between Russia and Zahod, and with security guarantees.
“Ukraine is on the map of the world there, yes. The best prospect for it would be for it to become a buffer zone between Russia and the West – especially with security guarantees. If this is not possible, Ukraine will lose its territory to Russia. We will discover Ukraine again and again, and again, and again. Russia will never accept such a member of the EU and NATO as Ukraine,” said Orban.
After that, The Ugrian region became the head of the European Union (until the end of 2024), Viktor Orban having introduced Ukraine, Russia and China with the so-called “peaceful mission”. This initiative sparked a stir among other EU members.
In Kiev, at the hour of the presidential press conference with President Volodymyr Zelensky, the leader of the Ugorsk region declared the need to “intensify the fire and peaceful negotiations.”
Zgod Orban called a plan to defeat Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who he presented to the leaders of the EU, is doomed to failure.
The politician appreciates that the entire European economy “was taken over from the war in Ukraine,” which is becoming increasingly bloody, with no sign of ending. Nowadays, European leaders, in my opinion, are in illusions of victory.
The Ugric Prime Minister consistently opposes the provision of financial and military assistance to Ukraine To the European Union.
As a supporter of the EU, Orban plans to block decisions on a loan for Ukraine amounting to 50 billion dollars until the end of the US presidential elections. Budapest also decided to extend the term of sanctions against the Russian Federation.
During preparation, the following materials were compiled: publications of the BBC, AP, Le Point, Radio Liberty, public statements of Viktor Orban, Formation from Wikipedia
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