Gulyás: Hungary has always represented peace
Gergely Gulyás, Head of the Prime Minister's Office, said Hungary is currently the representative of normality in Europe.
Gergely Gulyás, Head of the Prime Minister's Office, said Hungary has always represented peace, and 'we stood in support of peace during the Russia-Ukraine war even when European liberals and members of the US Democratic Party clearly stood in support of war'.
Gulyás told CPAC Hungary that Hungary was currently the representative of normality in Europe.
'Actually, we are the centre, but in the Western world, they have been trying to push the centre, common sense, to the sidelines for several decades. It also required a betrayal by the Western European right, too,' he said.
'Change is needed, and there is currently a chance for it,' he said. 'The joining of forces that has developed thanks to CPAC since the foundation of the Patriots party alliance between conservative right-wing European parties and the US gives us a chance to return traditional European values to the focus of politics, also in Western government policies.'
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