The following is the English translation of Viktor Orbán's interview with BILD Zeitung.
Doesn't mince his words neither does he go back on it. One of the most no nonsense , brutally honest PM's of our time , who says it as he sees it. Frankly , I think the man has Europe's biggest set of balls even if his policies don't sit kindly with anti fascists , anarchists , humanitarians , etc etc etc.... to the extent of probably annoying the Pope even .
You don't mess with the Orbàn .
Doesn't mince his words neither does he go back on it. One of the most no nonsense , brutally honest PM's of our time , who says it as he sees it. Frankly , I think the man has Europe's biggest set of balls even if his policies don't sit kindly with anti fascists , anarchists , humanitarians , etc etc etc.... to the extent of probably annoying the Pope even .
You don't mess with the Orbàn .
BILD :
Prime Minister, what did you feel when you saw the photo of the dead little boy on the beach in Kos?
It was a shocking experience; all loss of human life is a tragedy. But I also thought about the boy’s parents: they set off from a safe refugee camp outside Syria and risked both their own lives and the lives of their children. We must make it clear to them that we cannot assume responsibility for the dangers that await them on the trip to Europe. For this reason, it would be better if they didn’t come.
Prime Minister, what did you feel when you saw the photo of the dead little boy on the beach in Kos?
It was a shocking experience; all loss of human life is a tragedy. But I also thought about the boy’s parents: they set off from a safe refugee camp outside Syria and risked both their own lives and the lives of their children. We must make it clear to them that we cannot assume responsibility for the dangers that await them on the trip to Europe. For this reason, it would be better if they didn’t come.
Do you have sympathy for the refugees?
Of course I do, all Christians feel sympathy for them. But this sympathy is not enough. We must act.
But you say that the refugee crisis is a “German problem” – What is Chancellor Angela Merkel’s mistake, do you think?
The German Chancellor always does everything right – this is the first paragraph of the Hungarian constitution. (Laughter) But we must have a serious talk about the consequences of the German decision allowing migrants to enter Germany. That statement caused a revolt in Hungary. Migrants broke out of their places of accommodation and attacked the police. They refused to be registered as laid down in EU law. Previously, our authorities had been keeping the situation under control – albeit with great difficulty. But then the German government announced that it would be “temporarily” suspending EU regulations, and chaos broke out in Hungary. This is what happens when rules are not followed.
