Orbán: Brussels wants to instruct people on whom to vote for
PM Orbán said Brussels had 'no right to tell people whom to vote for, how to live or what position to take on important issues.' 'This is an abuse of power,' he added.
He said Brussels bureaucrats thought that massive amounts of money, diplomatic influence, media power and help from 'their agents in individual countries' could change the domestic political landscape. Brussels, he added, did not even hide its interests in parliamentary elections in member states.
The prime minister said that some people in Hungary considered that 'insulting other people is okay', but ridiculing the votes and opinions of 2.3 million people 'isn't right', he added, referring to the results of the government's Vote 2025 public survey.
Not even the opposition Tisza party, or any talented musician who calls the ruling parties and the people participating in the survey pro-government, can do this,' PM Orbán said.
'This isn't how we can talk to each other,' he said.
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