BERLIN. The Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban (Fidesz) has expressed concern about Germany’s social development. “If I compare Germany today with the Germany of ten years ago, I have to say that it is no longer the country that our parents and grandparents held up to us as role models,” he said. the conservative politician in talks with the state-run Hungarian on Friday Radio station “Kossuth Rádió”.
The country no longer smells and tastes the same as it used to. At that time, Germany still had the reputation of being the cradle of hardworking people. “Now Germany is this colorful, multicultural world where migrants are no longer just guests,” lamented the head of Hungary’s Fidesz party.
Orbán: The war mood in Germany worries me
The politician also expressed his shock at the war mood currently prevailing in Germany. “The thought that Germany could become involved in a war was unthinkable three years ago.” He has been involved in German politics and German-Hungarian relations since the 1990s.
The fact that after the end of the Second World War a ‘military atmosphere’ again prevailed in Germany and that critics of the confrontational course with Russia were silenced made him sad. The German media also played a role in this development. Orbán will meet with Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) on Friday to prepare for, among other things, the Hungarian presidency of the EU Council, which starts on July 1.
Hungary and Germany traditionally maintain good relations with each other. Hungary was the first country in the former socialist Eastern Bloc to allow GDR citizens to travel to the West. However, since the 2015 migration crisis, relations between the two countries have become clouded. (vw)