mafketis: What freedoms has Orban restricted?
Klubradio might tell you a thing or two...
mafketis: And he got into power by the utter country destroying incompetence and dysfunctional policies of the previous socialist government who were about 10 times than any Polish post communist government.
It's the old PiS syndrome again - take power, and instead of using it responsibly - go completely over the top and thoroughly **** off the people that actually voted for you. The latest stunt in Budapest of bussing in thousands of people from Romania and Serbia to show "support" for Hungary is just ridiculous.
Polonius3: PM Victor Orbán has helped inject a new sense of national pride in his countrymen.
Quite the opposite. He's actually managed to cause deep divisions within society - that didn't exist before.
Polonius3: it will not allow itself to be intimidated or terrorised by the Brussels bureaucracy.
When you are as dependent on the EU as Hungary is right now, you really shouldn't be upsetting them.
Polonius3: He has also devised a way for the new constitution to be created not by politicians and tbut by the Hungarian people themselves — each household has received a questionnaire dealing with major policy issues. On the basis of the replies the new constitution will be promulgated.
Hahahaha. And you think Fidesz are honestly listening? What an utter waste of cash - money that Hungary doesn't have right now.
Polonius3: Orbán’s Hungary is calling for a return to grassroots democracy, to the real rural and provincial Hungary where the nation's heart beats uncorrupted by the Budapest elite.
Ever been to Hungary, Polonius?
If you had, you'd know that Budapest is the heart of Hungary. With almost 1/3rd of the country actually living in Budapest, the city *is* Hungary, whether you like it or not.
Incidentally, much of Budapest's elite vote for Fidesz, so I suspect you need to learn a bit more about Hungarian politics before commenting in future. If you actually knew anything - you'd know that the Fidesz candidate absolutely destroyed the opposition in the recent Budapest by-election. Then again - that doesn't fit with your image of "power to the uneducated village idiots", does it?
Polonius3: And Hungary is standing up for and extending a helping hand to Hungarians world-wide in terms of health and education benefits, something like Poland’s Karta Polaka.
Are they now? The Hungarians in Serbia and Romania beg to differ.
Polonius3: Naturally the Brussels eurocrat know-alls are foaming at the mouth — ‘How dare Orbán speak out for independence, patriotism, freedom and sovereignty when our plan is to homogenise, subjugate, and subordinate!?’
How dare they speak out in Brussels when it's the EU that's saving Hungary as we speak?!
Anyway, the EU couldn't care less about that stuff. The part that the EU is worried about is central bank independence, media freedom and so on. You know, real, tangible things.
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