No, no, and no!
We will not allow Hungarian money to end up in the hands of Ukrainian oligarchs!
We will not allow Brussels to finance the war with Hungarian money!
We will not allow utility prices to skyrocket because of bad Brussels policies!
That is why the government is launching a national petition.
That is why Fidesz is the safe choice!
Máté writes that we should fill out the national petition as extensively as possible if we don’t want them to take even the shirt off our backs, because the Brussels plan is clearly aiming at that. For us, the petition will be our weapon against Weber and his allies—if that’s where Fidesz stands. Well, Máté, absolutely. And I can see that Máté understands what’s going on, because indeed these petitions serve a very useful purpose as a form of consultation in the prime minister’s hands when he is fighting his battles in Brussels. And it must be said that this is not only the Hungarian government’s independent position—that we do not want to go to war and we do not want to pour Hungarian money into Ukraine—but also the position of the Hungarian people.
🎭 What is this text, communicationally?
This is not information, but mobilizing propaganda combined with responsibility-shifting.
1️⃣ “No, no and no!” – emotional closure instead of arguments
The opening does not invite debate, it shuts it down:
- no data
- no decision
- no concrete Brussels resolution
👉 The purpose of the triple negation:
don’t think any further, we’ve already decided for you.
2️⃣ “Hungarians’ money” → “Ukrainian oligarchs”
This is a classic fear-image combination:
- “your money” (personalization)
- “oligarchs” (a morally repulsive label)
❌ Yet there is still no:
- concrete amount
- mechanism
- decision
- responsible actor
👉 There is an emotional image, but no facts.
3️⃣ Brussels as a universal scapegoat
“Brussels finances the war,” “Brussels makes utility prices skyrocket.”
This is a conflation technique:
- EU = war
- EU = high prices
- EU = exploitation
👉 This way, every internal problem is turned into an external attack.
4️⃣ The “national petition” as a magical weapon
Here comes the key trick:
“The petition will be our weapon against Weber and his allies.”
Reality:
- a petition is not a legal instrument
- it does not bind anyone in Brussels
- it has no decision-making power
👉 Its function is internal legitimization:
“It’s not me saying it – it’s the people.”
This is a political shield, not a tool.
5️⃣ “The Prime Minister fights in Brussels” – role mythology
According to the narrative:
- the government = a lone hero
- Brussels = an attacking empire
- the people = the supportive mass behind him
👉 This is a domestic campaign film, not foreign policy.
🧠 The real goal
This statement serves to:
- link Fidesz to the concept of “peace,”
- label everyone else as “pro-war,”
- demand emotional participation in the form of a petition,
- replace thinking with the illusion of action.
🎯 In one sentence
This is not about what is happening, but about
what you are supposed to feel, and who you are supposed to fear.