Orbán follows Trump in designating Antifa terrorist group as first step against violence
Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán (photo: Getty Images)
Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán announced that he recognizes the organization Antifa as a terrorist organization. He called it the first step in combating the violence spreading across the country, according to Orbán's post.
According to the Hungarian prime minister, this should be the first action within the framework of measures against what he calls the politics of violence in the country.
Orbán said that Hungary had long been an island of peace, but now hatred and violence are "knocking at our door."
He listed places where, according to him, aggression is manifested: "at concerts where executions are imitated; at the gates of a church where an elderly monk is threatened; at political rallies where a person with a gun appears; and also on the streets where far-left activists beat innocent people."
"We have had enough! We must suppress the politics of violence at its roots if we want to preserve peace in Hungary. Today we take the first step: we declare the organization Antifa a terrorist organization and will strike it with the full severity of the law," Orbán stated.
Earlier, Orbán said that the country would follow the example of US President Donald Trump and officially designate Antifa as a terrorist organization.
Trump said he would force Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to abandon Russian oil.
In response, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó stated that Hungary does not intend to give up purchasing Russian oil.
The day before, Trump, during a meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the UN, stated that he could leverage his good relations with Viktor Orbán to ask Hungary to cease purchasing Russian oil.
