Conservatives descend on Hungary for hawkish US group’s first European summit
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The two-day conference reflects a deepening of ties between the American right-wing and the autocratic government of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The burgeoning alliance with Orban has led some US commentators to warn of American conservatives allegedly embracing anti-democratic tactics.
During his 12 years in power, Orban has generated controversy in the European Union for rolling back democratic institutions under what he calls an “illiberal democracy,” but garnered the admiration of some segments of the American right for his tough stance on immigration and LGBTQ issues and his rejection of liberal pluralism.
Delivering the opening address of the two-day conference on Thursday, Orban called Hungary “the bastion of conservative Christian values in Europe,” and urged US conservatives to defeat “the dominance of progressive liberals in public life” as he said he had done in Hungary.
“We have to take the institutions back in Washington and Brussels,” Orban said. “We must find allies in one another and coordinate the movements of our troops.” READ MORE
Conservatives descend on Hungary for hawkish US group’s first European summit
Conservatives descend on Hungary for hawkish US group’s first European summit
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