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Viktor Orban's Hungary is the enfant terrible of Europe. However, Orban is absurdly popular in his country: more than four electoral victories in a row, all of them by absolute majority. In the case of the 2022 elections, we are talking about a victory against a coalition that encompassed (almost) all opposition political forces: from the extreme right of Jobbik to the left-wing Greens. Nevertheless, Orban and his party, FIDESZ, have once again swept the floor with more than 50% of the vote.
Of course freedom of speech in Hungary is not a strong point. Moreover, the elections are not as squeaky clean as they should be. However, no one can deny that Hungary is a democracy. And that Orban is the legitimate winner of the elections. As much as this man has critics everywhere, the reality is that Viktor Orban is truly popular in his country. The question is why? What are the positives of his government? Why do so many Hungarians support him? In this video we tell you.

[@alexandruspatariu1]

Orban is the prime minister of Hungary, not the president...although the president in Hungary has less power than the PM.

[@bfolar9622]

Was going to say that.

[@Nostrama]

This is the case in the majority of european countires

[@vipeton.8927]

President is from his party.

[@milanmisli5051]

This is true espacially in hungary (i meqn the power of the prez) Actually the prez is the puppet of orban

[@kiff713]

And the President was elected by the Fidesz, who had to cease its Fidesz membership to became the president - lol

[@wogelson]

11:01 a little bit of correction: he lost in 2002, not in 2012. He's been in power since 2010

[@robreich6881]

Clearly read the wikipedia

[@willempasterkamp862]

We had disaster Rutte for the same period, and Wilders on the parking lot we dutch have shot ourselves in the foot. simple as that .

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

@@willempasterkamp862 Not the only pple to do that. Seems to be the fashion these days.

[@costintebeica3842]

Victor Orban is not the president of Hungary. It is the prime minister. The president of Hungary is Katalin Novak.

[@50megatondiplomat28]

These people almost never have a clue what they are talking about.

[@sa34w]

@@50megatondiplomat28 true

[@db9834]

I listened to "main ally" and turned it off

[@obi-wankenobi1676]

He says in 0:30

[@db9834]

@@obi-wankenobi1676 Hello There.

I don't know about the rest of the world, but here in Sweden, Soros became very famous when he manipulated the Swedish currency so drastically that he created a financial crisis. I suspect that for instance the British and Italians remember him well for the same reason. That was in 1992, long before we had heard about Orban, or any of his messages...

[@Killerspieler0815]

@Magnus Lyckå - YES & George Soros also was involved into igniting the (USA´s Proxy-) Ukraine war & especially the (Mafia style) plundering of Ukraine ... While Orban just does politics for his own people instead being a proxy-regime for USA & George Soros etc. => Europe needs more Orbans

[@lanwish]

Soros wanted to help Hungary in many ways, and he still did, even if we refused him. He did some evil things for sure, but at the same time he did many good for humanity. Our country would be impossible to live without his civil organisitons.

[@Killerspieler0815]

@@lanwish - George Soros is NO philantroph , Soros only does what serves Soros & his (Pharaohnic / Aristocratic Templar) masters

[@michaelotieno6524]

Don't forget the 1997 Asian Tigers economic crisis

[@darkestkhan]

Exactly. There are plenty of good reason for why Soros is the boogeyman. Mostly 'cuz he did cause many problems.

[@MichaTheLight]

I disagree an enhancement from 1.3 to 1.6 is an improvement. If they achieve another raise of 0.3 they almost reached the rate of 2.1 for self sustainance. To say it in percent Hungary had achieved 40% of the way.

[@joshfish2]

Kind of clutching at straws though

[@Vagolyk]

Considering the price of personal freedom and financial recession, that is a failed program.

[@silasbishop3055]

You said Victor Orban doesn't like people from abroad. That isn't true. He just prefers that Hungary stay Hungarian. Eastern Europe doesn't want to become like Western Europe.

[@JoeSanHUN]

pff dude, we have 1 million gipsy in Hungary who drastically impair public safety as just in west, so what are you takling about?

[@katharinaschnirling-ho4qn]

I tak Ma byc👍

[@JoeSanHUN]

thats why Hungary has 1 million gipsy among the 10 million citizen :D

[@silasbishop3055]

Hungarian culture has existed for 1000 years. They don't want to add inferior Africans or Muslims to their makeup. @perseus274

[@joshfish2]

That's rubbish, he barely even took a hint of the amount of refugees he was supposed to take in as per EU OBLIGATIONS... You're also incredibly antisemitic

[@adamus1342]

Stopping population decrease is a long term goal. No one can stop it immediately. You can't decide how effective they are only after few years.

[@JollyOldCanuck]

Hungary is part of an open border union and surrounded by more economically desirable countries such as Germany, few will remain in Hungary if they can move to an economically superior country with little to no bureaucratic friction.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

@@JollyOldCanuck Also there are a lot of problems in Hungary that are not addressed. One of the reasons for the investment of the multis in Hungary is the cheap labour. Chap talked about that. This does not help the pple. Corporations pay very low taxes, so they contribute little. The tax burden in VAT, which hits the poor the most heavily, is then put on the pple. Orban has changed from being a social policy PM who supported the little pple to one who supports the big corporations and creates oligarchs. He has also helped destroy the health system, forcing pple into private care. This is OK for pple with money, but not for the majority. All this plus the corruption makes Orban a disaster for the country. He's a patriot, rather than an ultranationalist. He does invite open investment, after all.

[@szlatyka]

12 years in - so far failing spectacularily. Birth rates are declining rapidly meanwhile rates in Hungarian diaspora in Germany, Austria and Great Britain are steadily rising.

[@eldiantre7346]

@@szlatyka From the time the policy was implemented until now the birth rate went from 1.2 to 1.6, that is a 33.4% increase. How is it a failure?

[@coderentity2079]

@@eldiantre7346 You don't understand, numbers and facts not contributing to blind hatred isn't important. Orban is bad, period, no numbers or whatnot.

[@username65585]

Democracy doesn't mean supporting liberalism or globalism. Democracy means the majority has control.

[@MrMeowmix83]

No, that's populism

[@jonathanodude6660]

a manipulated democracy is still as bad as a dictatorship. russia is technically a democracy too, but theres no one to vote for other than putin. orban chooses to control the media, effectively saying to hungarians that theres no one else to vote for. this is why he will continue winning for the foreseeable future. its not china level propaganda, but the fact is he owns the majority of the information hungarians receive, so he can put whatever spin on it he likes, unopposed.

[@kotvenyjakab4767]

@@MrMeowmix83 Oh, I got it! When people vote for the party you favour: it's a democracy. When people don't vote for the party your favour: this is populism! :-)

[@vladanlausevic1733]

That is not democracy, that is majoritarianism

[@vladanlausevic1733]

@@kotvenyjakab4767 you do realise that Hungary would had never joined the EU with the current situation regarding democracy and all the corrupted and antidemocratic behaviours of Orban's government?

[@gintonic575]

Orban won for fifth time, not forth time. He was the prime minister also between 1998-2002. Yes, most people favour Orban in Hungary. Other parties made lots of economical problems. Hungary is no similar to Russia.

[@atomanti4207]

And does this mean it's okay for them? hell nah

[@Henry-lk2be]

I would love to come visit Hungary 🇭🇺

[@julienchappel9741]

Go for it mate.

[@gigikontra7023]

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[@tgstudio7]

I would love to leave it

[@julienchappel9741]

@@tgstudio7 What are you waiting for. Pack up and f**ck off.

[@levente_szollosi101]

@@tgstudio7 Nem vagy egyedül barátom

[@milosanelic6785]

Fairly accurate, worthy of subscription, however even thought Soros is sometimes too exaggereted he does meddle into European politics and crises out of financial interests. He does benifit from migration and he tried to meddle into Hungarian elections multiple times, but to give another exapmle: look up what he did to Britain in the 90s completely disregarding the ethics and people!

[@pacsi325]

He still trades in military stocks. 🤮🤮 Now in Ukraine!

[@mzx71]

What makes him even more potential fake enemy of the state. Orban already soft rigged the election and created a "church of fidesz" so don't worrie soros wont be able to change there anything. Its just smoke and mirrors.

[@pacsi325]

@@mzx71 Csak németül értem, a többit fordítom.m 😁 Segíts picit ... Hátha félre értem 😜

[@Zappina]

He did speculating. Vulnerable countries can go bankrupt because of such speculations. There is a place in Indonesia, where they want to cut his head because of the damage he caused.

[@pacsi325]

@@Zappina Recently, "democratic oil" is arriving in Europe !! From where? Iran, Venezuela, Yemen (including gas), Qatar, and Saudi Arabia !!! 🤮 Congratulations!! 😁😁

[@MrTryAnotherOne]

The tax model is similar to what the Texan state in the USA has.

[@tyrport]

Ignore trolls, don’t spend your time defending yourself. George Soros was unpopular before Orban. People who leave a country and then kibitz in their politics are always unpopular. For example comedians who move to the USA tend not to criticize their former countries.

[@microfarming8583]

Orban actually does what the people who voted him in want. Completely polar opposite of the globalist puppets in most western countries.

[@zeezee15]

Yup. During the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, former Malaysian Pm Mahatir was already blaming Soros as one of the main culprits of the collapse.

[@miroslavhoudek7085]

That's because people generally hate both intelligent people and people who suggest that we should behave better. The emigration doesn't help. But Vaclav Havel is also wildly hated by the lumpen proletariat in Czech Republic, simply because all the "ordinary" people with lower education are really into anti-intelectualism (which is an important component of fascism, which they like a lot). Orban versus Soros, same thing.

[@pollytix7271]

Look at Soros foundations and what he tries to do to the west and you'll see how valid the criticism against him is. The left lies to claim that it's all overblown or that all criticism purely is antisemitic, but that's an attempt to dodge the criticism and hide what he's doing. He's got in claws all over Europe and USA, and they're not pretty.

[@pollytix7271]

@@miroslavhoudek7085 It's because his political ambitions sucks and since he subverts nations. It's that simple. What's anti-intellectual about what's happening in Hungary or in "fascist" societies? That they believe in a natural and traditional order, in policies that make the country safer and healthier, in policies that puts the people first? Why paint Soros and these rich billionaires hostile to the west as these over intellectual and highly educated types that we must listen to?

[@Hiddenus1]

That income tax relief seems a way smarter way to encourage growth than our (Polish) gov came up with. Then again, their tactic is to buy people with social grants (which are taken from their own pockets, but people are too stupid to realize that). Worst part is that most benefiting from all this are people who contribute to economy and development of our nation the least.

[@tamasfischer2464]

???? But your leader haven't got 20 years and later 1,5 billion $ in he's oligarch friend's bank account !

[@aol8166]

Better have that money used on their own people than have it being giving away to "refugees" who crossed multiple safe countries and don't integrate.

[@magicblanket2414]

It's worth it though. A country that cares more about tax cuts, than remaining the people who created said country, can watch their neighborhoods change while patting their wallets.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

@@magicblanket2414 huh?

[@michaelotieno6524]

Stop been ignorant. Income Tax is an unequal tax where the more you earn the more you pay. Unlike VAT where everyone pays the same amount whether you are rich or poor or even hardworking or lazy.

[@AlexanderEM4840]

8:45 Going from an avg of 1.25, to 1.5, is a remarkably effective policy. Orban came to power in 2010, exactly when the fertility started rising dramatically. Just because the goal is not reached, does not mean you're not on the way there. The smug grin and mocking tone on top is just a litle gross.

[@Tormastekercs]

Number of newborns are actually falling and not by a little for a while now in Hungary.

[@milanmisli5051]

U know not hungarian hungarians are making up these numbers but the gypsy hungarians and one half of the populations hates them... but they dont know this happening

[@aol8166]

@@Tormastekercs so whatsbthe solution? Bring in millions of Arabs and Africans? I'd rather work on fixing the internal problems than replacing my population like howmthe French are doing.

[@ffffuchs]

It's bs since the tfr also rose in other European countries thanks to general economic upturn, and birth numbers are lower than ever.

[@mzx71]

Gladly we dont have to live here without any fidesz trolls. ;)

[@brennanwn]

3:12 - 4:46 Very impressive. Orban knew what he was doing.🇭🇺😎

[@freezet01]

(I'm hungarian.) Orbán is a very interresting player at the political field. Unfortunately the opposite parties in the Parliament (except maybe one) are ridiculous and mainly they want only the power and the money. That's why they lost at the elections . Fidesz (Orbán's party) is the ruler party for the 4th time now without breaks. And yes, we have propaganda (something like that) in the local newspapers and in the national TV channels but this is just a smaller part of the story. He had a clear and strong vision, the other older political parties haven't got. In Hungary almost everybody thinks after the election: Orbán is not the best, but better than the offered alternative. :/

[@angriffslusticherWildoger]

Same in Germany and France, Scholz and Macron were just the less worse option xD

[@stardust2045]

This is just simply a coping mechanism because Orban tells Hungarian what they want to hear not need to hear. Meanwhile under his party,Hungary economy stagnated. I remember studying in Malaysia that average Malaysian salaries used to be 2 times lower than Hungary and today they are higher than Hungary.

[@HungaryBased]

​@@stardust2045 What are you talking about? Malaysia GDP per capita is 10,400 USD, for Hungary it is 15,899 USD. (2020) In 2010, Hungary's GDP was 131 billion and on the verge of bankruptcy. In 2021, Hungary GDP increased to 176 billion. GDP in Hungary has been growing 4-5% past years.

[@zsuzso7]

Yes, that's the problem, no alternative for OV right now, and and in a complex crisis like the current one would be stupid to change gov, not to say suicidal

[@pacsi325]

@@stardust2045 The lie doesn't go through. 😁 Anyway, hasn't Malaysia been raised by a pop-up politician ??? But surely the, Malaysian Orbán !!!

[@VictorCarrasquero]

I'd take "making Grata Thunberg cry" as a plus.

[@istymix]

No he won't, all of his speeches he reads from cards, he has no any individual opinions. The only way he could make Greta cry, is his famous hungarian meat-on-meat stew, he cooks with disgusting amount of pig fat...

[@brucehodgson4303]

Low tax, low govt spending, low immigration, fairly safe streets. Works every time!

[@Saldean12]

Except if all that is a big lie. 27% low tax? low govt spending - sure if the money goes into "private" companies owned by the members of the govt (You cannot imagine the corruption in Hungary), fairly safe streets? - I felt more safe in any other country, especially in western ones, like Belgium.

[@aol8166]

@@Saldean12 27% is lower than 40% in Germany.

[@aol8166]

@@Saldean12 like belguim? Lol! Are you drunk?! Next, you're gonna say "I felt totaly safe in Sweden"

[@aol8166]

@@Saldean12 because other EU countries like Germany isn't even more curropt?

[@TheStevePappa]

We have the highest taxes, 27%, for almost everything. In many places in America, there is a 0% tax on food, and we have a 27% tax. The operation of the Hungarian government is the most expensive in the EU. Our money is almost play money, worth nothing.

[@KonyaK95]

No one mentions the incompetency of other political agencies when mentioning this year's alection. I mean: their is no real alternative.

[@pawelp9781]

Same in Poland. The biggest opposition party lost their majority to the current ruling party after recordings of their private conversations came out - we saw they couldn't govern and one minister said "Poland exists only on the map" - 8 years in government and the country was weak in their opinion. Plus there was a huge banking pyramid scheme going on, they knew about it and didn't lift a finger to stop the inevitable - people losing their life savings. They just didn't care about anything, wrapped themselves in EU flag and thought that's enough. How is the majority of people supposed to vote for them now? Sadly Poland is stuck with its ultra-nationalist government for now until someone serious comes along.

[@timeanagy8495]

@@pawelp9781 do you Poles really have nationalist politicians? maybe you don't know but in Hungary nationalism is not real, it's just empty populism. I heard that nationalism is very strong in Poland.

[@grawzasdasd6289]

@@pawelp9781 Greetings from Hungary! One day we need to unite.

[@fredsifyable]

That's what authoritarians do - they don't make sure that they get elected - they just make sure any proper alternative is crushed

[@cadessi2263]

Now I want to move to Hungary, thanks.

[@Embassy_of_Jupiter]

If you look at fertility rates you have to keep the Tempo effect in mind: If the age of childbearing increased, then the fertility rate will be underestimated. Since Hungarians are getting richer, they will get children later. Some explanations from Wikipedia: Total fertility rate (TFR) is affected by a phenomenon called the tempo effect, which describes "distortions due to changes in the timing of births."[25] John Bongaarts and Griffith Feeney have suggested that this tempo effect is driving the decline of measured fertility rate in the developed world.[26] Specifically, the trend in developed countries of having children at later ages can cause the Total fertility rate to be underestimated.[27] For example, as measured by the Human Fertility Database[28] the United States adjusted total fertility rates have been at replacement levels since 1992.[29] The TPFR (total period fertility rate) is affected by a tempo effect-if age of childbearing increases (and life cycle fertility is unchanged) then while the age of childbearing is increasing, TPFR will be lower (because the births are occurring later), and then the age of childbearing stops increasing, the TPFR will increase (due to the deferred births occurring in the later period) even though the life cycle fertility has been unchanged. In other words, the TPFR is a misleading measure of life cycle fertility when childbearing age is changing, due to this statistical artifact. This is a significant factor in some countries, such as the Czech Republic and Spain in the 1990s. Some measures seek to adjust for this timing effect to gain a better measure of life-cycle fertility.

[@barkasz6066]

Yeah we are not getting richer though. The direct political clientele does, but 90% of the population is getting significantly poorer each year.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

@@barkasz6066 True!

[@drscopeify]

Women by age 30 already start to fall in fertility so getting pregnant later in life is much lower chance of being successful .

[@TheSunboy25]

Hungary can not be sanctioned by EU because right now with the european companies decimated due to lack of gas, these companies can move their manufacturing to Hungary that has all the gas they need and buy from Russia. Hungary has been very smart. Hungary will be a hub for German companies and other european countries.

[@MetoFulcurm]

I guess you need fire to produce stuff. Electrical resistance heating won't do any good.

[@antonanton2989]

5 sec wiki check says Orban is the prime minister, Katalin Novák is the President. Please more diligence and less product placement.

[@cjeromet1971]

You can tell how angry these guys are at Orban hahaha 😂 , they couldn't even research properly and ommited facts.

[@xyinterrupted]

"Though I assume, Hungarians as a *hole* are having a lot of fun" then he blushed 😳 amazing! 💀💀 09:02

[@PerryKobalt]

Damn Anti-Hungarian Politicians reference (He R4pe Slovakian Femboys)

[@Mycr0bi]

Yeah. :D

[@dojocho1894]

Soro's is Hungarian...look up what he did to his fellow Hungarians

[@julienchappel9741]

Nothing witout a catch. And they dont wish to become Open Society which is owned by George Soros

[@Laughandsong]

So, you really hate Jews, huh?

[@NisiCaloponis]

Soros is as Hungarian as zelenskij is ukrain.

[@mitchjervis8453]

0:31 Viktor Orban is the Prime-Minister, not the President of Hungary. The President of Hungary is called Katalina Novak.

[@dickystrike6966]

They used Soroses money for personal needs not for adequate research

[@Tom78777]

Yeah you can see he has no clue about what he is talking about 😂

[@ihrnjak]

Reversal of a trend in population development lasts at least one generation (30 years), so if the Hungarians lifted the birth rate from 1.3 to 1.6 in 20 years, that is a great success! If this continues in the next 20 years the population will be able to remain stable without immigration. Orban wants Hungary to remain a Hungarian state, and that is exactly why internationalists and globalists hate him. He is a true patriot an loves his people.

[@GuilhermePereira-vi6vc]

0:30 "putin main ally in Europe" I think you forgot Lukashenko...

[@aaronkindi552]

They mean in the EU

[@aaronkindi552]

@john smith 😂, bruv you do you

[@Lastboyscout77]

That’s not why we know George Soros… You know perfectly well why. Nice try.

[@deivclayton]

As outsiders to a country, it is often difficult to understand the politics of that country.

[@7777wilson1]

Yes, evidently this guy's got it wrong AGAIN!!

[@Henry-lk2be]

Yes, the history and culture are very different. I think they’re kicking ass.

[@badluck5647]

Not really. The Trump wing of the Republican party loves Orban, because they would love to copy his policies that crack down on opposition media, keep out non-whites of the country, and oppress gays.

[@sandornyemcsok4168]

@@Henry-lk2be we only wish 😂😂😂

[@madmax6827]

@@sandornyemcsok4168 Your wish is granted. Time to move on.

[@nagynoel1330]

Hello! A Hungarian here for some clarification and explanation about the situation (I'm not pro-Orbán, neither pro-Opposition) 1) Orbán's biggest elections victories were largely due to a fragmented and sometimes ridiculously incompetent opposition that we have. There so called United opposition had 6 parties, 4 of whom have virtually no voter camp whatsoever. Orbán has another archenemy, who is his predecessor, Ferenc Gyurcsány. He was the PM when the financial crash happened and two years prior, in 2006 there was a huge scandal called the "speech of Öszöd" where Gyurcsány essentially acknowledged that they lied about a lot of economic data. Protests followed and the police cracked down pretty violently, and its still a huge wound in many of Orbán's voters. Orbán and his party colleagues talks about the 2006's events regularly. Everytime there is an opposition figure with a growing popularity (as happend with Gergely Karácsony, the mayor of Budapest or Péter Márki-Zay, the united opposition candidate), Orbán and his party accuses them of being a puppet of Gyurcsány. The media factor can't be ignored as well, the overwhelming majority of Hungarians, especially rural Hungarians get their news from the public TV, which is eerily similar to Rossija-1 sometimes. So yeah, very difficult conditions for the opposition but they dont help themselves either. 2) Regarding Orbanomics, its a little bit tricky. Yes, there has been growth and Yes, the country had indeed developed, but in a period, where the global economy has experienced an explosion of growth. One great thing that Orbán did is that he increasingly "desovietize" the infrastructure. Lot of the soviet era architecture has been rebuilt and renowated, including those stereotipically eastern European blocks. And Yes, he supported families in order to make children but this is a very risky policy. There is a kind of loan in Hungary called CSOK , which is a cheap loan to buy house or car for families. Many hungarian families gambled on this, including the poorest. The problem with this first of all is that the government didnt have strict criterias for who can apply to this, so pretty much anyone got it. Therefore there is a huge risk that these families dont earn enough so they cant repay the loan. CSOK also created a pretty awful housing bubble, which caused the rent prices to skyrocket (for context, the hungarian minimum wage is around 450-470 dollars a month, depending on the exchange range and the avarage rent price in Budapest is around 500 dollars a month. In rural big cities, like Szeged, Debrecen or Pécs, the rent costs around 350-400 a month). Many of us, who are not loyal Orbán fans, concerned that this can cause a terrible collapse in Hungary. 3) The inflation is getting crazy high in Hungary. The official data is not accurate because they include stuff, that arent bought too often. If we look at just food prices, what many of us are feeling is an at least 15% inflation. The government set a maximum price on sugar, flour, chicken breast, sunflower oil and a couple of other goods, which caused the other food prices skyrocket. For the avarage hungarian, it is increasingly becoming unbearable. But because of the media, many of the pro-Orbán voters are blaming the EU and the war, and try to relativize the situation. 4) There is a policy in Hungary called "rezsicsökkentés" which pretty much means that the government set the maximum price of the gas bill. Its bad for the families when the energy prices are low, but can be helpful, when there is a situation like rn, that energy prices are really high. But it causes terrible deficit to the hungarian economy, we are talking about billions of dollars, which is an awful lot relative to Hungary's GDP. Orbán did the same thing with fuel prices, they set a cap on that, but it causes a pretty big mess. Many fuel stations went bankrupt, because they had to sell fuel sometimes in half a price they bought it from the market. Because of the price cap, many people from Austria, Slovakia, Romania etc. came for the cheap fuel. They banned the "fuel tourism" a week ago, although the European Court will overrule this I think because its discrimatory to the citizens of other member states. This fuel price cap is such a catastrophe that there many stations, even in the biggest cities, where there are simply no fuel. 5) Just one thing to illustrate how bad the corruption is: in 2012, they nationalized private pensions, all of them, with some shitty reason. With this decision they took away 3000 billion forint (in todays exchange rate, its around 8 billion dollars But around that time, it was easily 13-14 billion) from ordinary hungarians. And this is just one example. All in all, we are not a dictatorship, But we are not a democracy either. The economy seems to be doing great but in reality it is really falling apart, especially with all these price cap on gas, fuel,which creates huge deficits. Meanwhile, many Hungarians earn less Than 300 dollars a month (yeah, its lower than the minimum wage, its because of a policy called public work programme, which is essentially making people doing some useless work for a wage that is enough to starve to death - also, dont be fooled by our unemployment numbers, large sum of people are working in this programme, they count it as employment for better statistics). So, in general, I cant say we are doing great, people love Orbán because he communicates expertly and portrays himself as a freedom warrior who protects hungarian interests. That and our bad opposition is enough to produce the results of our elections.

[@kellysouter4381]

It sounds very like Australia. We too have a work for the dole scheme so we may collect not quite enough money to live on. It's called "volunteering for.a registered charity". And we had no one to vote for so voted against.

[@deivclayton]

Thank you for the insights. As an architect who uses Archicad and one with a Brother-in-law in Oradea, Romania married to an ethnic Hungarian, I’m very interested in the well being of Hungary. I hope you see continued prosperity.

[@torrentialrage]

Why would you not be pro-opposition? Are you just more interested in being neutral and objective than you are about opposing fascists?

[@FitLovejoy]

I used to live in Budapest and fled after the "speech of Öszöd" scandal, before the following election. I was outright scared at how Hungary changed. After the speech, I got "controlled" (harassed) by police multiple times without any reason. I got almost run over in the centre of the city and everyone just stood by and watched as I got beaten up by skin heads that got out of the car after they narrowly missed me. I saw political stands in the public transport knots with jackbooted skinheads claiming that they would "solve the jewish and roma problem". I was even there at the national holiday celebrations as a dude stole a tank and drove it at the police (tanks are really scary and tear gas smells bad). It was so extreme and no-one did anything against the extremism that I closed my company, sold my house and moved out of the country. "Low calorie version of Russia" is a good nickname. Orbán may be popular, but I was also scared of the people that I used to love. He's done such crazy stuff with his power that I can't imagine Hungary ever recovering from it, changing the constitution with his super-majority such that his changes will not be able to changed again... to the extent that he's gained control of all media in Hungary. Like Russia, it's not surprising that people like him - because he makes sure that everyone is told to like him. Unfortunately for the country, they're being conned and will end up as much as a pariah as Russia today and will suffer for it. I can only watch from the sidelines and feel sorry for them and all my friends that are still there and are reporting to me about what happens there.

[@andreiluca9191]

CAPISCI a la testa....👿HUNGAR ppl are more important then bombarded cityes in ukr , then life of CHILDRENs from kiev

[@aynarvonfiehlen2587]

Have you ever heard of terrorist attacks, mass gang rapes, daily car burnings or civil riots in Hungary? I lived/studied in Hungary and it is more free and safer than many western european countries.

[@fabiandyke]

I spent some time in China, Guangzhou and felt pretty safe. However, compared to western countries I would always prefer to live there instead of China

[@aynarvonfiehlen2587]

@@fabiandyke What has China to do with this?

[@fabiandyke]

@@aynarvonfiehlen2587 China is an autocratic state, like many people criticise about Orban that he is an autocrat. So my point was that even though both in China and Hungary it seems like there is less gang rapes, terrorist attacks and car burnings, I would still prefer to live in western countries

[@aynarvonfiehlen2587]

​@@fabiandyke China is a communist dictatorship... Hungary is not autocratic in my opinion. I speak hungarian the mainstream media is full with opposition media and the newspaper stands, too. Budapest is full with anti Orban Propaganda and nobody will be arrested for it like in China for example when you critisize the communist party.

[@csaba9285]

@@fabiandyke there is a massive difference between a brutal communist totalitarian dictatorship and a country that has some issues with its democracy tho. China and Hungary don't even compare lmao

[@retard223]

Imagine being considered an extremist for loving your own people more than paid "refugees".

[@dag3014]

It's the rigging of high court judges and the monopoly of media support that's the main issue tho. He and his party are very authoritarian.

[@maverick7291]

@@dag3014 so he's copying joe Biden and the American legacy media and social networks?

[@dag3014]

Similar, but biden didn't create that, whereas Orban did in Hungary.

[@pollytix7271]

@@dag3014 Many western countries have indirect or full control of the media which rigs elections and the courts are often full of appointees that support prevailing parties or dogmas. This is true even in places like Sweden, Nordic countries, in Germany, etc. That's why people like Orban in these respective countries receives very little support and why nationalism is so stigmatized, they receive no representation! So people think that such policies are bad or evil, because they've been painted out as such or never been exposed to people by the biased media.

[@dag3014]

@@pollytix7271 that is not true in Sweden or Germany, press freedom in both countries is far better than in Hungary, and there's less media monopoly, all you have to look at is the official press freedom index, Sweden and Germany are in the top 10/20. Hungary has dropped over 70 places since Orban. I worry with Orban about what brand of nationalist he follows, if it stops at simply economic self interest that's fine, but if its becoming like Putins and he wants to restore the Hungarian empire then his nationalism is a problem.

[@axoloneidolon4702]

Wow! not even 1 minute in the video and already opiniated labels flying around. It's already speaking volumes about the channel's level of professionalism.

[@SimonMester]

Yep, inaccurate, rhetoric filled garbage, obviously having done 0 research on the country. Probably just took some newspaper clippings from mainstream media and called it a day.

[@ColtonMetal]

Seems like a very respectable leader. Someone who really cares about his country and people. What a fascinating man. The world would be a much better place with more leaders like him.

[@cernunnos123]

Also his childhood friend, son-in-law, daughter, father, etc. are amongst the wealthiest people in Hungary. What can I say? It is a true blessing to have a PM that comes from such a talented environment, where everyone could make it big. With this setup (called central power, by OV himself) our future must be holding nothing but great prosperity and joy. /s

[@kinkytailmapogo176]

still Orban is the best for us. he doesnt want us to lose our nationality and country. you can say shit like he is bad, the Karpatia Zenekar is bad etc etc etc , you will not change the Real Hungarians's opinion LUCKILY

[@sandorcsorba3804]

@@kinkytailmapogo176 Oh, the real hungarians who came from the Sirius?

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

Sarcasm. The Hungarian pple, most of them are poor. There is incredible corruption. Orban and his entourage pocket a lot of the money from the EU. For example, a great deal of the money sent for MRIs, respirators etc. are unaccounted for. Criminal behaviour.

[@achillesbalogh9559]

Only he can save us from liberalism.

[@gaborszabo5561]

@@kinkytailmapogo176 only uneducated dumb people believe that they are real Hungarians, while others aren’t.

[@yeadmahmood7326]

Well, this criticism of Uncle Orban is a sham, I don't quite understand why he criticized him, he played the election fairly and had managed to get the ravaged economy out of a big turmoil. He should be applauded, I don't care how long a prime minister stays as long as he works for the country and economy. As a matter of fact, he did a great job, that's why his people trust him. You cannot say popular leaders are dictators. Just because he didn't like Soros does not mean he is a bad person, Soros does not have a good reputation all over the world. No one trusts him.... Anyway, I think he is a good leader who is constantly being tormented and ridiculed by the Democrats. If the Democrats keep on attacking good leaders like him then the world will be leaderless. He is not a dictator, dictators do not get selected through votes or general elections.

[@Mrac-zz8vh]

Forgot to mention that Orbán just created a new "extra profit tax" for mainly energy companies who are makeing Way greater profit than planned, as a result of the war and the crisis so they share the burden of the crisis with the publuc rather then pocketig the extra profit. Also there is a 27k-55k dollar government grant (not loan) for families who say that they will have 3 children in the coming 10 years.(that is the price of a half gardenhouse on the countriside or falf the price of a small flat in Budapest). That is why the fertility rate is constantly growing (as it is visible on your graph). If they take a gov protected almost zero interest loan for the other falf of their first own garden house than they will end up paying about 275 dollar/month for the loan Witch is not much even in Hungary (Average Joe earns about 700-1000 dollars a month). But on the top of it for the 3 children this family gets 100k forint (277 dollar) tax relife every month... So basicly the gov grant, the Protected low interest mortgage and the tax relife gives you a gardenhouse for free.. Btw i am unsurprized you did not mention it.

[@slavianalbanovich9025]

It appears that the money for the subsidies was raised by issuing more money into circulation, which explains why Hungary has the highest inflation in the entire European Union. If this is the Hungarian government's line, then they risk ending up like Argentina.

[@KLO10]

There is so many false things in this video. (I'm from Hungary)

[@robertsugar4541]

Same here

[@qwertzuz1989]

Which ones do you mean? Im hungarian too

[@parrotv2]

Please put Slovakia into future comparisons when talking about V4, I would like to see how bad are we doing :D Since with hungary we are one of those "special" EU members.

[@oliverfelsobuky8977]

Trust me you guys are doing better than us, the unemployment rate and the average wage figures are a facade. Hungary has a public work program which employs over 200k people but only pays as little as 120€ these people were unemployed but they were forced into this program, but they are not doing other than street sweeping. Also if you want to check the real average wage you have to check the median wage estimation (there are no real statistics because it is not published since 2011). This video did not say a thing about the current inflation which is 11.5% it’s the second highest in the eu even though we have frozen gas prices so the price of diesel and petrol did not change since last year

[@biancogasto]

@@oliverfelsobuky8977 Your data about public work program is like 10 years old. Now the number is much less. The public work program shows the Orbán goverments' genius. Poor people joined it,then most of them moved on,getting better payed jobs in the private sector. Added extra is that the crime rate fall significantly. Real average wage been published few weeks ago,it isn't a secret. About inflation rate. Eleven countries has higher inflation rate than Hungary. EU average is 7.8%, hungarian is 8.6%

[@oliverfelsobuky8977]

@@biancogasto the public work program is not a genius idea it is basically slavery, it did not teach any practical skills to those who have been employed this way. Also have you been to the grocery store recently, the Hungarian Statistics agency is cheating with the data, for example the renting cost of a flat is not calculated into the inflation or the house price growth also not calculated into it. They are the ones who decide what is in the consumer basket this way they can make the inflation figure lower.

[@leme5639]

@@biancogasto that's B.s

[@biancogasto]

@@leme5639 Good for you,boomer.

[@veglord_the_profane]

As a Hungarian-American who’s lived in both countries I have both an internal and external view of why Orbán Viktor remains popular. Orbán offers his people a feeling of consistency and stability, which in post-socialist eastern Europe is still sorely missed. Hungarians also have a lot of national pride which Orbán channels quite well. Being situated at the geographic crossroads of east and west, it’s historically almost always had to bargain with multiple empires around it. As a result, Hungarians collectively have a lot of pride in how they’ve been able to preserve their language, culture, and sovereignty despite pressure from all sides. Hopefully this perspective can be helpful to those interested in the topic.

[@Serif_0s]

If being a security concern for Europe means to have a cheaper gas then Orban has really outdone himself.

[@TheStevePappa]

Gas is not cheap, we bought it 8% more expensive than the stock price. It's just a scam. We get even more expensive from the "dude" than the Germans

[@ffffuchs]

Except we don't get cheap gas, the exact number is unknown as it is secret, but through various statistical data and reports by the state gas company it is known Hungary pays a delayed&smoothed price that follows Dutch TTF. As such right now the price hike of February is just setting in. Now of course the residential consumers only pay a fixed price but the difference has to be paid in the end.

[@TheStevePappa]

@@ffffuchs Yes, but on average we have bought it 8-10% more expensive than the TTF price so far

[@madmax6827]

@@ffffuchs Not true. Hungary has a long-term agreement for cheap Russian gas helping to pass on the savings to cars registered there.

[@ffffuchs]

@@madmax6827 No. Thats what Putin and Orbán says, but all avalible data contradicts their talking point.

[@AlexAlex-zv7fc]

Because it represents the interests of Hungary and not your interests. (from hungary)

[@tsartomato]

come again after 10 more years when he invades carpaths and all of you have nothing to eat and outcasted by the rest of the world, while he will be hiding in 40 storeys deep bunker inside his gigantic palace

[@boulderbash19700209]

9:01 the graph clearly show increase in fertility, albeit it's still under 2.1 mark. Of course you can't just flip it up because there always families that already past their ability to make additional children, and also the uncertainty of whether this program will go undefinitely or just a few years while Orban in office, which make people approach it cautiously (a little bit out of topic, this cautiousness is also made people kept their job under UBI trial, they don't want to get screwed if the program is expired).

[@Random17Game]

exactly what I was thinking, it seems to be working pretty well considering all the circunstances and the trend in Europe, appart from beeing extreme right on some things looks like he actually does his job well on this very on the surface look

[@BB-vj1ne]

Exactly

[@ready2]

Exactly. There is also the thing of the boomer generations (ratkó korszak) and their offsprings (ratkó unokák) dying out so a very big generation is disappearing and that makes the increase thanks to the policies relatively look small. Simply more people die since there were a lot more in those generations.

[@aol8166]

@@ready2 better than replacing your population with Arabs and Africans. It takes time to solve low birth rates. It's better to spend the money on your population than spending it on self proclaimed mostly fighting age male "refugees" who crossed multiple safe countries.

[@OM-df9lj]

BS! In my country, many years ago, a much softer fertility rate program was introduced and the fertility rate exploded next year...it either works or not...and Orban is a disgusting human when thinking on his attitude versus Ukraine. Basically he is in bed with Putin...too bad he is not gay!!!

[@adamm025]

In Hungary 90% of the lawsuits are won by the opposition - and they are proud of it, and even they are admitting that there is a good freedom of judiciary That's why I don't understand when in foreign channels they are complaining about it

[@endreschuchtar2211]

As a young hungarian I will answer this question. Because his simply a good president. Perfect president? No. 100% fair elections? No. But a president who clearly prioritizes his countries people? Yes. Having a president who's willing to risk his global image for the benefit of his country is the president we want. And yes there is propoganda but this goes two ways especially globally. Like this video...bunch of random statements about him being putins best friend?! If you do any research on hungary's history and current political situations then you can understand why this isnt true, and why he makes certain decisions concerning situations like the Russia ukrain war...

[@sandornyemcsok4168]

"bunch of random statements about him being putins best friend?! If you do any research on hungary's history and current political situations then you can understand why this isnt true, and why he makes certain decisions concerning situations like the Russia ukrain war..." bruh :D I have followed your advice and searched quickly and found out that in 2014 after the invasion of Crimea Orban (alone) allowed Putin to officially visit Budapest despite the boycott of the whole EU. And now (hidden) he has sided with Russia again, which is rather ironic considering that Russia is the successor of the Soviet Union which crushed the 1956 revolution which the Fidesz made one of its rhetorical cornerstones... Huh bro, this story got quickly really twisted and complicated! Now I started to be confused, maybe the old communist propaganda was true, which labelled the 1956 events as counter-revolution. Do you understand me, if the Soviets did it who are the Russians now (who attacked Ukraine) then it must have been the right thing to do, correct?

[@sandornyemcsok4168]

"Because his simply a good president" - I continued to search for 2 more minutes. It turned out that he is not the president, but the prime minister. Oh my God, I am afraid of I will be completely lost...

[@endreschuchtar2211]

@@sandornyemcsok4168 how specifically has he sided with Russia in the ukrain war?

[@Mrac-zz8vh]

@@sandornyemcsok4168 Orbán is sideing with Hungary's fundamental interests. Namely, not engageing in a war that is clearly not our war (nor of other EU countries) and won't commit an economical suicide for some rather delusional goals like having Russia unable to sell their oil for the half of the globe during an energy crisis.. Rubel is more then 20% stronger against the dollar than it was before the sanctions. What do you think what Will happen in the case of russian oil and brent oil when brent receives even more artificially created demand by the sanctions and furthure skyrockets in price? Russian oil will be on the market available directly, indirectly, crude or refined or in a form of raw plastic or processed. In short Europe Will buy it indirectly or in more processed forms for much more money. These sanctions are good for nothing else then provideing Russia with more profit and getting Europe on its knees. Europe's leaders should be held accountable for what they are doing to the european public absolutely clearly and forseeably in vane.

[@sandornyemcsok4168]

​@@Mrac-zz8vh I am sorry, but you are wasting your time for the wrong person. It is not me who you should dump all these explanations onto, but for example onto our centuries long Polish friends who interpret Orban's actions that way. Or onto Orban's friend Erdogan, who also highly likely sees it in the same way.....

[@frankszanto]

How do you figure that Hungary is authoritarian? 40 years ago, under communism, it was a police state. You had to be careful what you said, and hoped the police would stay out of your life. And the British bobby was admired around the world. Now, in Britain, you have to be careful what you say, especially on line, because the British bobby is always watching.

[@Kukac71]

The heavy acquisiton of media property, Fidesz's tightly held party system, the weakening of local governmental bodies, centralization of power are all elements that make the Hungarian government more authoritarian. While authoritarian has a negative connotation, as a pollitical term it's a just characteristic, a trait that pulls a political power towards one side of the spectrum. Yes, 40 years ago the system was even more authoritarian, but it doesn't mean everything less authoritarian compared to the communist regime is not authoritarian at all.

[@madmax6827]

@@Kukac71 Feri, is that you?

[@SimonMester]

I have lived 4 years in the UK now, and it's crazy how true that is. The hungarian government is corrupt politically, but the UK is a police state now, which is actually worse. They are jailing people for "terrorism" who are literally just protesting/striking.

[@0Defensor0]

A few things that may be relevant: - Politicians have to regularly report their wealth. According to the latest one, Orbán has literally nothing. His only possession is an empty bank account. Most of his family members and friends managed to collect billions since Orbán was elected 12 years ago, but no one seems so care about that - not among his voters anyway. - According to people who track these kind of statistics, during the last election the opposition party got about 5 minutes of air time to campaign in TV. Total. Somewhat related that the public service channels that are free and available to everyone seem to be owned by Orbán's friends. - Orbán is indeed popular among Hungarians who were born and live in other countries. Specifically in Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania and Serbia. And they indeed have a really easy time when it comes to voting, if I remember correctly they could do it by mail. People who left the country and moved to live and work in western Europe however seemed to have difficulties, as they had to visit the closest embassy to vote. Coincidentally, these people would likely vote against Orbán. Also, 30 years ago Orbán and his party was fighting against people like Orbán and his party today. Basically everything that he says and does is the opposite of what made him popular at the end of the Soviet era.

[@lee-nj8xy]

The opposition did not voluntarily use its options because then they would not be able to say that there is a dictatorship. Secondly, people in Hungary have a double right to vote, which means that they vote for both individual and party lists. Of the candidates, individual candidates have a weight precisely because those with a home address card cannot vote in a letter!

[@timbuktu93]

You’re lying. He has gotten many kickbacks. Look at that stadium being built in his small hometown.

[@lee-nj8xy]

@@timbuktu93 What is the lie in the fact that citizens have a double vote?

[@0Defensor0]

@@lee-nj8xy So... the opposition lost the election on purpose just to claim that it's a dictatorship? I know we're talking about politicians, but I don't think they are this stupid and nonsensical.

[@balintkiraly6187]

Yeah but like 3-5 percent watch the public tv actually

[@gergoantal9558]

As a hungarian I was curious about what would you say about hungary, but after you called Orbán President of hungary multiple times, I stopped watching, because if you don't even know what position he's in, then how can you make a valid criticism

[@zoltanmolnar9486]

just as annoying to listen as to look at the yellow teeth of the dude....

[@mzx71]

Nice catch pal. Although novak is an orban with boobs, so might be not the biggest fail of all time mix them up. Unless you are a true believer then report the channel (I guess you already did it) ;)

[@madmax6827]

Just another lazy 'reporter' who uses woke talking points instead of discovering reality.

[@yeadmahmood7326]

this was a frivolous video ignore him ..

[@randallkiely591]

It’s amazing that just because a country lowers taxes that’s enough for people to call anyone else who follows suit in that economic venture is a fascist

[@vladanlausevic1733]

This shows that the Hungarian economy is not so "national" but more global and Europeanized

[@therealignotus7549]

Every ex east state was sold out to the west, Orbán has gone further to make it less so, but yes they are economic colonies of the west, just as they were made that after 1949 with the USSR. Did any other choice ever present itself?

[@vladanlausevic1733]

@@therealignotus7549 You really do not understand what is happening in Hungary_

[@therealignotus7549]

@@vladanlausevic1733 Ahhhh and you do Vladan? Where are you from?

[@greatdude7279]

"is not so "national" but more global and Europeanized" AKA Imperialist and exploitative... I wonder if you will ever bring up Warcrimes, colonialism, slavery etc... of EU member states and how much this contributed to the higher standard of living in EU...

[@therealignotus7549]

@@greatdude7279 Yes of the western states for sure, the one's that did have coloniez. And everything that was before ''East'' during cold war is being exploited today in this modern imperialism, only now they don't do it open and dirty, just economically, same with many countries around the world and USA.

[@johnny_eth]

No taxes for 4 children ? Damn ! I'm in :p

[@borkostolo9196]

When wages are garbage, paying no taxes does not help with 4 kids. It takes many years have 4 kids. Very few fit the category.

[@paulambrus7656]

I can tell you: 1. The guardian of national traditions. 2. The guardian of Christian heritage. 3. Saves Hungary from the European immigration madness and destruction. 4. Provides huge support to marriage, family and HUNGARIAN children (not immigrant). I can tell you if there were an English Orban he would also win the elections in the UK - repeatedly.

[@tsartomato]

alahu babahu

[@balazstoth4813]

not paying teachers and nurses anything, high tax-low wages, corruption,not giving the capital enough money because the mayor is in the opposition, feeds the people in the countryside with propaganda, pegazus where he spied on journialists and opposing politicans phones(no one punished him),not giving enough money to healthcare and education, young people leaving the country, discriminating lgbt people, defending a pedophile ambassador who had 19000 pictures of chilprn and the only punishment was that he got fired, terrible covid management, massive inflation(400huf=1 euro),blaming the eu for everything and the stealing most of the eus money and not getting punished

[@m.p4603]

Immigration is a good thing though, however a government has to be willing to integrate and accommodate them.

[@ocsed346]

11:00 You accidentally said that he lost the elections in 2012 instead of 2002.

[@madmax6827]

Not accidental, just sloppy reporting based on fake news.

[@ocsed346]

@@madmax6827 🤡

[@madmax6827]

@@ocsed346 genius!

[@A_Takacs]

Wow you managed to go a whole 30 seconds without getting an actual fact wrong! Truly amazing. (Orbán is the Prime Minister, our President is Novák Katalin)

[@mzx71]

Perfectly debunked the whole video chap. For the records novak is an orban with boobs, so might be not the biggest fail of all time mix them up. ;)

[@jdanevan8554]

Is that an Ian Pasiley profile picture? Respect from Ulster

[@kingax4369]

no, it is not authocratic. People voted for him. A government that asks the opinions of people every single year about important issues and only those that are backed up by the people will he fight for. Any other government doing that?

[@jvizkeleti]

Orban is PM not a President. Good indication how you present agitprop as facts. E.g. Orban is like Putin, etc.

[@tecuci76]

of course orban is like putin: he s an autocrat, absolute ruler of the country, almost no message from the opposition can be heard in main stream media, he brought his friends in power (just like putin with the oligarchs).

[@7777wilson1]

Yes, Pathetic presentation actually!!

[@Hunter-yj2pk]

Because he cares about Hungarians. Why its so difficult to accept that there is other alternative than gay propaganda and illegal migration?

[@cfonde]

That perfectly sums it up. Just like in the US, some of us prefer "law and order", a secure border, convicted felons remaining in jail, prosecuting criminals to the fullest extent of the law. We also support energy independence, lower taxes, the 1st and 2nd Amendments, and a smaller, less intrusive government. -- and for all that, the Left likes to call us fascists, racists and "Naht-zee's"....which is getting old, as they need something new to accuse us of.

[@andreipopa5540]

What is the name of the song at 5.35?

[@horseman6468]

Orban puts his people first ,they know it and trust him.

[@decseimate9217]

This is a question I still didn't find an answer to. Greetings from hungary

[@cjeromet1971]

You didn't find the answer to the question this video asked which youre looking for? Probably bcuz this video is liberal bullshit.

[@csababalint3225]

This guy talking in this video is a low calorie version of Lenin

[@andreipopa5540]

Anybody knows the name of the song at 5.35?

[@Endostatic]

Visual politik should sell a stake to News Corporation. No concessions would have to be made, they already conform to the editorial mandate of globalism and corporatism.

[@microfarming8583]

So glad others see through their BS propaganda !

[@Arby631]

Lmao cry some more

[@nicolaschristofi4014]

Its so unbelievable that a leader who: 1)puts first the economic well-being of his people by refusing to partake in useless sanctions against russia 2)is against and actually protects his country against all the illegal mass immigration 3)is against the whole woke stuff is so loved by his people. I hope the rest of our EU leaders take notes, or there wont be any EU left

[@irynaklein5503]

It’s so unbelievable that so stupid people (who voted for orban) is still in EU

[@naijt]

Only the conservative boomers and people who live outside of cities vote for Fidesz

[@liltinglullaby3282]

"Put the economic well-being of his people first" That's interesting, I live in Hungary and I haven't really noticed that.

[@nicolaschristofi4014]

@@liltinglullaby3282 Friend, can you elaborate? From outside, the way we see things here is that Hungary has cheaper oil prices, and the population there is unaffected by the migrant crisis, unlike here. Im very curious to see how locals view him.

[@liltinglullaby3282]

@@nicolaschristofi4014 The only reason we have cheaper gas prices is because something called árstop, which means that the government artificially set the price at 480 HUF, which is extremely harmful for the economy, I hope I don't have to explain why. It also created "petrol tourism", which meant that everyone came here for petrol, so they made it that only cars with a Hungarian licence plate could buy petrol for 480 HUF, the rest would buy it at its actual price. This was needed because even they know that in the long run it's impossible to uphold this. And about the migrant crisis: you remember the guy who shot up the Bataclan? Well he kinda ended up in Western Europe through Hungary. So I guess we did avoid the migrant crisis, by shipping the terrorists to Western Europe. Your welcome. Other than that, teachers are ridiculously underpaid, they went on strikes and held protests, yet the government just said they can't raise the teachers' salaries because Brussels cut funds to Hungary. And at the same time, they are planning on raising Orban's salary from 1,5 million HUF to 3,5 million HUF. That should tell you about the state of the country.

[@tiborkendeantal9239]

When you talk about unemployment rate, please consider the participation rate as well. That went up even more sharply while the unemployment rate tanked

[@ADJL1331]

11:00 it is in 2002 that Orbán lost the election, not 2012

[@klaura4089]

If Hungary is like Russia but low in calories, than what is Ukraine? Higher corruption index, less minority rights, Russian like language. I don't think Ukraine or Hungary are like Russia. I just say you should prove that statement before repeat it continuously. Btw Austria paid in ruble too, Czechia and Slovakia are excluded from sanctions, France sold weapons to Russia (2015-2020) and far the biggest funder of this invasion is Germany (and they keep funding it and blame Hungary). If I say you are like Putin but high in calories sounds more accurate 😂 (sorry I couldn't miss!!! 😀)

[@sandornyemcsok4168]

I am Hungarian and after leaving the country 13 years ago, living and working in the west, seeing and understanding the differences in the mindset of the people, I have to totally agree with this verdict: "Hungary is like Russia but low in calories". Unfortunately the distance to the western way of thinking is bigger than to the Russian one.

[@ThorTyrker]

It's the exact opposite. While Russia is an example of a strict, totalitarian state, Ukraine's main feature is the complete unleashed chaos. So I wouldn't say Ukraine is "Russia but low in calories" - "Brazil of Europe low on Carnivals" would be more appropriate. Well, until last year, that is, it seems like it turns into "Somalia of Europe low on Giraffes".

[@klaura4089]

@@sandornyemcsok4168 So you left Hungary before Orban came to power 🤔 Tbh I'm not a fan of Orban, I just like to argue😁But I dont think Hungary's mindset worst than the west. The current situation shows how little the Eu leaders care about Europe's future, and do a huge favor to the US. The bans hit so hard Russia, the ruble gets 30% stronger against EUR, really smart :/ The German economy already started declining in the past years, what a surprise this war started just when the Nord stream II finished. Do you think politicans could risk human lifes for oil and power? Ah never happend in the history. Also: giving a gold medal for a dude on women sport contest, not a good mindset.

[@sandornyemcsok4168]

@@klaura4089 I am sorry but some parts of your answer are poor quality: 1, I have not told that the Russian mindset is worse than the western. It is you who placed that meaning into what I said. 2, "the ruble gets 30% stronger against EUR, really smart :/ " I kindly suggest not to make an argument if you are not competent at the area. If you would watch relevant videos, you would know that the current rate of the ruble is totally artificial, it does not reflect much economic reality. The rate right now is quite meaningless because the sanctions effect both Russian export and import. Furthermore, if you would know the view of the head of the Russian Central Bank, she has written recently that the prospect of the Russian economy in the coming years is 'reverse industrialisation', meaning decline in industrial output due to lack of advanced technologies and components from the west. Also, do not forget that Russia right now cannot produce new tanks, damaged ones are repaired by cannibalising half ready ones... So in opposition to your belief, the sanctions DO work! (But slowly, on the long run, as Russia is self-sufficient in terms of basic goods, like food, etc.) 3, "Do you think politicans could risk human lifes for oil and power?" A very unclear sentence for me, please accept my apology but I do not understand it in the given context. As a generic anti-war statement I agree with you but I cannot understand it together with the previous sentence about the Nordstream, which I think belongs to this.

[@klaura4089]

@@sandornyemcsok4168 1, My apology. Also, after I read your answer, I had to admit I wrote in the wrong tone (a tone, what fit for average people in the comment section) 2, I also admit you are partly right about the price of ruble. But I cant see how these sanctions could be worse for Russia than for Europe. In the next years Europe will rewire its energy infrastructure to a more expensive source, just for become to the same vulnerable situation. While Russia will find other markets like China and India, and sadly it will be closer to them in ideologically too. 3, For the US, an Europe relied to US controlled oil is beneficial. I don't think the war on Afghanistan and Iraq were about democracy, nor against terrorism. The Ukrainian conflict started in 2014, but its not a surprise the NATO pushed Ukraine harder just 8 years later. When the Nord stream came to finish line. And one more thing, the west had not a single word about the Ukrainian situation in the past 8 years. Everyone know the "special operation" and how disgusting sounds like, but how many knows this name reflects on Ukraine's "anti­-terror operation" ? : kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYiZfa2kfbOSj9U I don't say one is better to another.. The main media say that.

[@erikkovacs3097]

Orban’s family policies were not a failure. Going flat makes you a winner when everyone else is in decline. Fertility rate is highest in EU as well.

[@ThatGuy-bz2in]

umm, 1.45 is not "flat". to keep your population the same this would need to be 2.1. If the goal is to stop hungary's declining population, then it is a failure. Also, they are not even close to highest in the EU. France's rate is 1.87. Hungary is just a little below the EU average of 1.55.

[@PrexXyx]

Your two main points are false: 1) Everybody else is not in decline. The CEE region experience a slight increase as a trend. 2) Hungary's fertility rate is not the highest in the EU, in fact, it's below average. Check it on Eurostat or Statista if you don't believe me. Hungary's family policy has little to no effect on birth rates. Other regional countries with less expansive family policies are experiencing the same kind of trends, some even surpassing Hungary (e.g. Czechia).

[@badluck5647]

Lower fertility rate is usually a sign of economic growth....

[@stefanelnedejde9982]

Guess Hungarian gypsies with large families are loving Orban policies.

[@sandornyemcsok4168]

@@PrexXyx Another factor to take into account is that Hungary still reports those who work abroad, despite they are resident in another country, as domestic population because some EU subsidies are based on that number. Although these people can return later, some of them will not. The ratios can be estimated but accurate numbers certainly cannot be gained. Furthermore, isolated facts or statistics do not necessarily lead to correct conclusions if we look at the larger picture. Considering that in the recent years a continuously growing number of Hungarians show interest/willingness/plan to move to the west (because people realise that nothing essential changes despite Orban's rhetoric flooding everything and corruption is probably even bigger than under the socialists), even if the successful family policies statement would be true, in the end it still may not deliver the desired result. I can imagine that Western Europe after the bad experiences about muslim refugees may be even more willing to accept Eastern European labourforce. Think about it this way: it may lead to a situation when Orban, who condemns immigration supporting western policies, makes Hungary an emigration country at the same time. Hungary may become a donor for the western countries/economies. How ironic that would be! :) :) :)

[@MichaTheLight]

May it would be your advantage in revealing which foundations or NGOS are helping you with money or work that would quench the allegations against your channel. And if this is not the case to reveal how you finance yourself.

[@vioreldumitru9425]

Are you guys shipping to Romania? :D

[@zsuzso7]

Seriously, are you comparing Hungary with Russia? Please, bro, putting this video on internet was just a waste of time, if you're a real person

[@gusztavkosa4065]

this guy actually makes political content? 30 secs in and he was way off the rails. only spewing propaganda and than couldn't even get Orbans title right, his the prime minister not the president goes to show how much he actually know about the topic

[@Tonyx.yt.]

liberal media talking shit about one of the very few western nation left with some sanity? strange... umbelievable...

[@Kukac71]

So you watched the first 30 seconds of the video and already got triggered by an opposing opinion and turned off the video? It shows because the rest of the content is not very critical of Orban's work, it's quite the opposite. He did express his opinion, but he praised some of Orban's policy too. Yes he messed up and said "president" instead of "prime minister". So what?

[@j2174]

"Junior Russia" - WTF are you talking about?

[@RYTG]

wowowow wait, belgium only has 25% corporate tax? :s but i pay 50% tax on my income :S so you're saying my company pays less tax than i do?

[@rnanni1048]

Hungary first?!

[@HinduPAGANcowpissdrinkerRAKESH]

Middleast: we dont need lgbtqa feminism western shitss! Usa nat0 Christiannn: invade

[@BurntheKremlin966]

HUNGREXIT 👌👍

[@user-rs9py9yr1r]

You gave all the answers but missed the conclusion. Hungary's economy is depending on Germany as you can see in the video. A lot of times Orban is playing the bad guy so Germany can use him as an excuse. "We want this sanctions against Russia, but Orban is not allowing." Come on, if Germany wants the santions there will be santions. This little game is just PR. Western Europeans can afford to feel themselves a good person, Eastern Europeans have to play the bad guys for money.

[@zsuzso7]

Yes, and at the same time Hungary is mini-Russia, don't know how far can we still go with this fairy tale, but a lot of people like it

[@csabaarvai8978]

Hungarian energy prices are irresistable to German industry so they back Orbán over the EU politicions. You can say many things about Orban, but he ain't no dummy.

[@sejanus855]

That's just such a strange and terrible way of shifting around. Germany can't just get the sanctions because Germany wants it. That's the myth that a lot of weaker countries believe in, being one of the most powerful states still doesn't come with autocratic rule. Those are just Pr excuses for Hungary so that no problem ever truly stems from them. It's always the bigger stronger neighbour or why didn't the Eu.

[@Kounomura]

Orbán is an excellent, smart, far-sighted, courageous political leader who works for the benefit of the people entrusted to him, and considers this to be his life's goal. That's why Hungarians like him.

[@Kounomura]

Let's clear the EU-Hungarian debate. Did the union take out a loan to cover the post-Covid economic downturn? YES. Did the member states, including Hungary, participate in this as debtors? YES. Was the distribution of the loan subject to conditions in the case of other countries? NO. Poland was also blackmailed by the union because there was also a patriotic government. Now that there was a change of government there, everything is forgiven for the Poles. The other countries also received the money. In the case of Hungary, the loan taken by the country was tied to false and extortionate conditions. Despite this, the Hungarians tried to fulfill all conditions. This was also accepted by the leadership of the union, which is why the committee authorized the payment of 10 billion with great difficulty but still, because there was nothing else they could do. On this the EU-Parlament contested this and yesterday sued the Commission for how they dared to give money to Hungary. But that's not enough. This week it was announced that Hungary will not receive the remaining 20 billion at all, because the Hungarian laws do not allow minors (school children and kindergarteners in preschool age) to be educated in an LGBTQ-spirit. The Hungarians said that they are in no way willing to change their position on this issue, even if they even if they don't get their due money.

[@izanmontenegro4558]

"Makes Greta Thunberg cry" Orban's got my vote!

[@TuckerLT]

i am sure Putin too. right?

[@miroslavhoudek7085]

That is normal for a fascist to truly enjoy misogyny.

[@ankur.mahajan]

@@TuckerLT Biden & Trudeau too 😂

[@bigm0j02]

Orban got a scolarship of Soros back in the 80s...

[@agritech802]

Yes I heard that as well, was it to the UK?

[@kickDustPedestrian]

That's how to find out what Soros did.

[@NisiCaloponis]

Soros backed many thing by money in Hungary after the sysdtem change, young politicians, musicians, cultural icons as well of course. It worked somehow like sicilian maffia. then he gave the bill. for example at the end of Antalls, the then prime mi nisters cycle, he with some other bankmen met with the delegation of governmantal financiasl ministry and made an offer to buy Hungary's whole sum of international debt. That would made him the king and the single ruler of ther country through its after-collapse very weak economy. Antasll said no then and many politicians opened their eyes then who is this "philantrope" uncle Georgie in fact is and what does he want. Orban was one of those who opened their eyes and saw the real intentions of Soros.

[@Camyar335]

Thanks for answering my question,wether I should watch this or not, in the first 59 seconds.

[@gykg3202]

He is not! He gave citizenship to Hungarians in Transylvania and they vote him.

[@Raczejka]

going from 1.2 to 1.6 in 10 years is a resounding YES. its working wonders.

[@ankur.mahajan]

True! 33% increase in no mean feat. That's what I was thinking. Increasing fertility rate is not like opening a tap and you get the desired result. It is a time consuming process which require multiple policies to work in sync to get the desired result.

[@davidjma7226]

Still not enough to replace their population! Needs to be 2.1. Or Hungary WILL need immigrants! UK birth rate is 1.75 and they need immigrants.....

[@wadas9042]

even though, i dont like orban, i like how he respects and tryes to help hes own country. Thats the way to go.

[@marilenaganea6578]

You mean he "respect" by lying its own population and thieving from its budget with his buddies and family?

[@wadas9042]

@@marilenaganea6578 well, i am from finland, so hard to say. But looking from outside, he is doing very good work for hungarians. Not like our PM who sells everything to EU and just want to opress our citizens.

[@marilenaganea6578]

@@wadas9042 how is your government oppressing you?

[@wadas9042]

@@marilenaganea6578 sorry my bad english, but over taxing witout good purpose, denying our free speech, makeing life conditions worse for poor. Thats just a start

[@marilenaganea6578]

@@wadas9042 life is worse for poor everywhere because of the out of control inflation. Hungarian life for poor is really really really bad as inflation is 20% and climbing hard. I've been in Budapest not even 6 months ago...I couldn't find anyone who smile. Over taxing to keep the safety net for those poor you were talking about it's fine by me. The rich must pay taxes to keep the poor with a shelter over their heads. How many homeless people your country has? None? There goes your taxes. Free education at the level Finland is doing is expensive but it worth it. Infrastructure cost money...how you think you have enough bomb shelters to protect all your population? There are only 2 countries on this planet that can do that, Finland and Switzerland. Nobody is denying your free speech...you are here talking 💩 about your government and nobody arrested you. Spreading hate and misinformation is NOT "free speech"

[@hkacso]

Victor Orban is the prime minister, not president.. Please google it next time?

[@roto9200]

"If a familie has more then 3 children pay not tax" it is not true. Just the women who has at least 4 Children don't pay tax.

[@Justan669]

Man, you are doing your absolute best to say the guy with all the good policies is a villain, all because he doesn't want to import millions of economic migrants...

[@Mogzyx]

Ultra-Nationalist? Then what would be Jobbik and Mi Hazánk to you? Hyper-über-Nationalists? ​ Western companies happily pillaged Hungary's industry under leftist governments and continued to do so under Orbán. Read about our privatization after 1990, billions worth industries were declared "inefficient" and wer bought by western "investors" sometimes for a few dollars. Yes, entire factories sold for 10 or 20 dollars. All in the hope to invite western "expertise", at that time after the fall of the Soviet Union, the euphoria was so high, that we though westerners wer "economic Gods". The general sentiment was that everything hungarian was shit, and everything western was good. And western nations and speculators used for their own advantage. They sold back after a few years the same industrial for their actual worth to crocked, corrupt politicians like Gyurcsány, and Orbán, and their cronies. They paid with state money, if nobody bought it back, they fired everybody and scrapped the factory for junk metal. Then told the story that these were bad Soviet style industries doomed to fail. Wrong. The economy was not good, because of too western loans Kádár's government took, but the industries were not inefficient or behind that much technologically, only, that their profit was diverted in stupid way, and communist leaders were just as corrupt. Since the first horrible year of our democracy, lot of people got totally disillusioned with the west. Many of us see the overflow of western culture as a threat, to our culture and economy. The west always viewed the east at best as a market, at worst as a backward colony in need of enlightment. Currently in Hungary you cannot hear any Hungarian music on the radio, in shops, and supermarkets, no hungarian texts on clothing, mostly english namede businesses, young people increasingly insert entirely english sentences into their speech, ancient hungarian volk days are not celebrated, but western ones increasingly are, for example we had a day in February were people and you kids dressed up into anything they wanted, and this was a festival to celebrate the upcoming spring, now everybody jsut does halloween, (what was another hungarian celebration day for the dead, where we went to cemetry to remember our loved ones, and light a candle, it was beautiful in the night), now almost nobody does that, some people even celebrate the 4th of July, instead of August 20, the day our kingdom was organized from a fejedelemség more than a thousand years ago, our famous dishes are replaced in restaurants with american ones at an alarming rate, basically it like an all out cultural war. What the west is slowly winning. If you speak out against this, they label you at best an old dinasaur, at worst a nazi. Even right-wing people are apathical about this, and don't care. Americanization are slowly choking our country. But people are start to wake up. So if anything is dear to the west, we tend resist more and more. That is why the reaction to LGBTQ+, to a lot of people gay is not the problem, the americanism is. Why could we in our own unique world view solve this problem, why do we always have to import it ffrom the US and the west? Racism for example was basically unheard of in Hungary, we did not even understand the concept of race, when it was flourishing in the US more that 200 years ago. But the US is powerful, and it was able to spread this horrible idea to Hungary along the centuries (racism came from a German by the way), just like Germany with nazism, and the Soviet union with communism (what also came from a German). So sometimes the LGBTQ+ umbrella is seen as a foreign political organisation, with a goal to change hungary fundamentally, and not just spread tolerance, just like BLM (in America it is a needed peaceful organization for good, in Hungary it is a foreign interlooper), we don't really differentiate between the action of theses and similar organizations and NGOs, and between the integral organizations of the US, like CIA and NSA. Stay out. And let us solve this. US interventions failed to achieve any good for the recipient 99% of the time, they only advanced US interests.

[@egg174]

He's hungary for power

[@ravenbenoit]

With that big gut of his looks like he's gobbled up a lot already. Isn't he also building a monstrous palace just like his autocrat buddies Putin and Erdogan. The three Palace putzes.

[@leskorpics1723]

Why, because we like are prime minister Victor Orbán!! YMF😅

[@theultrahorseman]

8:58 You looking at the same graph I am? I see a ~40% increase in the birthrate because the line goes from 1.3 to 1.6.

[@istvanmarott6494]

Idiocy. The Hungarian government is NOT the Authoriter. FIDESZ WON 87 direct mandates (87/106= 82%), and LIST won 48 mandates (48/93=52%) in 199 parliamentary mandates. That's 67%. 2/3 represents a majority. If there were no compensation, Fidesz would have won 54 parliamentary seats on the list. But the opposition took 6 seats away from Fidesz in compensation. The opposition represents foreign interests with foreign dollar money, which the Hungarian people do not like after experiencing so many foreign regimes. We especially do not like it if they want to tell us how to live and how to think from the West. Hungary has been part of EUROPE for more than 1,000 years, and we know enough what EUROPE means. What the West is losing. Orbán has been the only real politician in Europe since 2010.

[@adamdemilaci]

"Anti semitic fervor of Hungarians ".... One of the largest Jewish communities in Europe lives in Hungary. Don't forget .

[@lillybet5772]

And then what? I prefer Jews over Muslims anytime

[@dannyboy218]

Love he just omits slovakia when it is a V4

[@brennanwn]

1:52 - 2:11 That’s impressive 🇭🇺🇭🇺

[@phoenix5054]

Fertility rate goes from 1.2 to 1.5 kids per woman from 2011 to 2018. Visualpolitik: It it working? "Clear and resounding NO." I mean, seriously? It improved by nearly 30% and you say it's not working?

[@intrepidgaz]

The policy was introduced in 2015, when birth rate was at 1.4, which has since increased to a meagre 1.53 in 2021. Given that the purpose of the policy was to encourage population growth, and 1.53 means the population is still in decline, the policy is not working.

[@freetolook3727]

Turn the speed down to 0.75 and he talks normally!😅😂

[@molnarriki4876]

Ooo and look at open society.he showed with transparency entire chain how soros is included in politics and founding it

[@williaminnes6635]

That's a 25% increase. Ending minus beginning divided by beginning.