In Ten Years, We Will Have to Protect Ourselves from Migration Coming from the West, Warns Viktor Orbán

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán gave a speech on Saturday, the final day of the 34th Bálványos Free Summer University (Tusványos) in Tusnádfürdő (Băile Tușnad, Romania), in which he sharply criticized the West’s stance on migration and outlined his vision for the future of Central Europe.

The head of government asked why the West had been unable to protect itself from migration, while Central Europe had been able to do so. To support his thesis, he cited a series of figures that, in his opinion, illustrate the seriousness of the situation. 42 percent of schoolchildren in Germany, and 40 percent of children under the age of four in France have a migrant background, he pointed out. Referring specifically to Vienna, he stated that 41.2 percent of schoolchildren are Muslim, while the proportion of Christian schoolchildren is 34.5 percent.

In Viktor Orbán’s view, the countries west of Hungary have been “irrevocably transformed into mixed societies” in which the proportion of the Muslim population is increasing. He said that large cities would become “predominantly Muslim areas” in the foreseeable future and that a “population exchange” was taking place. He emphasized that Europe would remain a destination for migration because there were already “communities ready to accept them.”

The Prime Minister warned that with such a migrant society, the West would not be able to defend itself if a major wave of migration from Africa were to begin. He saw this as an imminent danger that would also affect Hungary.

I must say that in about ten years, one of the most important tasks of the future prime minister (…) will be to protect our western borders from migration. Not only the southern ones, but also the western ones,”

he warned.

A central point in Orbán’s speech was the connection between national identity and Christianity. He argued that for 1,300 years, the West had lost sight of the fact that the preservation of Christianity and survival as a nation are intertwined. In Hungary, however, this is enshrined in the constitution, which recognizes the “nation-preserving role of Christianity.” This insight is lacking in the West and is one reason for its inability to defend itself, he explained.

In his speech, the head of government distinguished between three stages in the relationship between Christianity and politics: “faith-based Christianity,” “cultural Christianity,” and “zero Christianity.”

While, in his view, Central Europe embodies the stage of cultural Christianity, Western countries are already on the path to zero Christianity.

He sees the decisive “tipping point” for this development in the acceptance and legal enshrinement of same-sex marriage, which denies the basic principles of Christian coexistence.

Concluding his speech, Orbán emphasized that the future lies in the hands of the younger generation and their education. The task is to preserve what we have, acquire what we need, and say no to what is not necessary. “Now we will see what kind of parents we have been,” he concluded.

Via miniszterelnok.hu, Featured image: MTI/Miniszterelnöki Kommunikációs Főosztály/Fischer Zoltán