Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, speaking at the opening of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Budapest, said that the world order based on liberal ideology has failed and must be destroyed.
EU elections in June and US elections in November, Orbán said, would be a chance to enter an “era of sovereignty” modelled on Hungary, which he described as a “conservative island.” At the opening ceremony of the conference, Orbán said:
These elections coincide with major shifts in world political and geopolitical trends. The order of the world is changing, and we must usher our cause to triumph in the midst of these changes. Progressive liberals feel the danger. Replacing this era means replacing them.
Viktor Orbán said it was necessary to replace people who are in positions of power to build “hegemonic-ideological control” by “turning state bodies into instruments of oppression” of Europeans in the European Parliament elections. He concluded:
Let the era of sovereigntists come again, let’s return to peace and security. Let’s make America great again, let’s make Europe great again!
In turn, US presidential candidate Donald Trump addressed Orbán in a video message that was played at CPAC, US News reported.
Trump said, calling the Hungarian leader a “great man”:
I look forward to working closely with Prime Minister Orbán once again when I take the oath of office as the 47th President of the United States.
Orbán’s speech opened the third Hungarian iteration of CPAC, an event that this year features numerous figures, including American media personality Jack Posobiec, Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona and Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders.
CPAC is a conference series established in 1974 and organised by the American Conservative Union (ACU). The first CPAC forum in Europe, dedicated to the values expressed in the motto “God, Homeland, Family”, was held in Budapest in 2022. The event gathered about 1,500 participants, including 200 foreign decision-makers, journalists and influencers.
