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The head of the Hungarian government accused the EU of an attempt to deprive its...

"Brussels is a bad parody": Orban compared Hungary membership in the EU with Soviet occupation

The head of the Hungarian government accused the EU of an attempt to deprive its country of identity by imposing a model of liberal democracy, as if alien to Hungarians. On Monday, October 23, Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in his speech on the anniversary of the Hungarian uprising of 1956, compared the current membership of the country in the EU with Soviet occupation. About it reports The Associated Press.

The chairman of the Hungarian government accused the EU of an attempt to deprive its country of identity by imposing a model of liberal democracy, allegedly alien to Hungarians. According to Orban, Brussels' methods for Hungary have the same roots as the Soviet rule, which lasted more than 40 years. "Today, things that remind us of the Soviet times are emerging," said Orban. "Yes, it happens that history is repeated.

" It is noteworthy that the event in the city of Vespram, at which the prime minister, was held without independent media - only state information agencies were present. According to Orban, Brussels is still not Moscow, which was a tragedy. "Brussels is just a bad modern parody," he said. October 23 is the anniversary of the Hungarian uprising of 1956 against Soviet repression. That year, protest performances began in the capital's Budapest, and then spread throughout Hungary.

In the Russian textbook of history for 11th grades, which was officially approved by the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, the participants of the Hungarian uprising in 1956 are called Nazis and "rebel radicals". It should be reminded that on October 23, Budapest blocked a military assistance tranche for Ukraine from the EU, demanding legal guarantees.