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Hungary: When Court Rulings Become “Optional” Under Fidesz

Based on what has happened, one clear and grave conclusion can be drawn:
In Hungary, judicial decisions are no longer binding within the Fidesz’s political practice; at best, they are treated as mere recommendations — and this is now openly acknowledged.

The Budapest-Capital Regional Court issued a clear and unequivocal order prohibiting the distribution of a publication containing false information and suitable for political intimidation. The decision was lawful, well-founded, and binding on everyone. Nevertheless, the government-aligned media apparatus did not halt the distribution; instead, it deliberately continued it and even demonstratively promoted it.

In a rare but exceptionally strong statement, the Hungarian Association of Judges warned that
if anyone believes a court decision does not apply to them, they are calling into question the country’s legal order and the fundamental principles of the Fundamental Law.
This is no longer about the authority of the judiciary, but about the collapse of the enforcement of shared rules.

What makes this case truly serious is not the violation itself, but the attitude behind it:

  • the banned material continued to be distributed,
  • the court’s decision was mocked and trivialized on political and media platforms,
  • government actors openly encouraged its dissemination.

This is not a misunderstanding, not an administrative error, not a legal dispute.
👉 This was a deliberate political message:
“Courts matter only until they stand in our way.”

The purpose of the publication was not to inform, but to instill fear, mislead the public on a mass scale, and exert political pressure. When the court stopped this, the response was not retreat, but escalation. This clearly shows that the violation was embraced, the conflict was intentional, and the constraints of the rule of law have become secondary to political gain.

The final conclusion

👉 In Hungary, according to the Fidesz’s exercise of power, courts no longer issue binding decisions — they merely offer recommendations. And for the first time, this is not even being concealed; it is openly defended.

This represents a qualitative rupture in the rule of law:

  • not silent circumvention of the law,
  • not a technical loophole,
  • but a public rejection of the legal order in the form of a political demonstration.

János Lázár

“They will give it back the same way once Tisza comes to power.
They won’t—at all.”

(0:00) Let Tisza win an election in Hungary in such a way that the Ukrainians repay the loan.
(0:04) For now, the danger—the immediate danger of war—has been averted,
(0:08) but the risk of war is greater than it was before the Brussels summit.
(0:12) So there is no reason for anyone to relax.

(0:14) Why is it greater?
(0:15) Because although the frozen Russian assets were not stolen or confiscated,
(0:21) they decided to provide a war loan.
(0:25) This amounts to 90 billion euros at this moment.
(0:30) This war loan is given to Ukraine, which means that Ukraine will have to repay it.

(0:37) So let Tisza win an election in Hungary in such a way that the Ukrainians repay the loan.
(0:41) That is roughly what this means.
(0:43) We did not come here in vain.

(0:47) So Ukraine has to be given a loan.
(0:50) But there is another problem—not only that they may not repay it, but that they have no money.
(0:54) Some European politicians want war.

(0:57) They believe that a country with nuclear weapons can be defeated in a conventional war.
(1:04) Good luck with that.
(1:06) They should play with their own grandchildren, not ours.

(1:10) Do not trust that European politicians are sober-minded enough not to drag us into a war.

Szentkirályi Alexandra….

🇭🇺 “Let us change the fate that others intended for us! We want Hungarians not to be small and poor, but great and prosperous!”

“I did not set out to put together and lead a government that would simply govern well — others can do that too. What I secretly undertook was something else. I undertook to change the fate of Hungarians — the fate that others assigned to us after the First World War. They destined us to be small and poor, and I want Hungarians to be big and rich. And I am not finished yet.”

“I am not finished yet.”

The quote is one of Viktor Orbán’s classic, grand self-justifications. When viewed from the perspective of 15 years of governance, what emerges behind the sentences is not “misguided promises,” but consistent, narrative-driven falsehoods.

1️⃣ “I didn’t want to govern well” – a retrospective escape hatch

“…to put together and lead a government that governs well…”

What he claims:
Good governance was not the goal—only a means.

The reality after 15 years:

  • This functions as a blanket excuse for every failure.
  • If education, healthcare, public administration, or infrastructure deteriorates → “that wasn’t the goal.”
  • A classic authoritarian technique: rejecting measurability.

👉 Core lie:
He retroactively declares the quality of governance irrelevant.

2️⃣ “Others assigned us our fate” – the myth of the external enemy

“…the fate others assigned to us after World War I…”

What he claims:
Hungarian poverty is the result of a perpetual external will.

The reality:

  • Between 2010–2025, he governed with full domestic political control.
  • As an EU member state, Hungary was a net beneficiary of EU funds.
  • The condition of being “small and poor” is not external coercion, but the outcome of internal political choices.

👉 Core lie:
Present-day failures are blamed on traumas from 100 years ago.

3️⃣ “We will be great and wealthy” – rhetoric vs. social reality

“…I want Hungarians to be great and wealthy…”

The balance sheet after 15 years:

  • The real income gap has widened, not narrowed.
  • The middle class is eroding; lower strata are frozen in place.
  • “Wealth” = a narrow NER elite.
  • Mass emigration: those who can leave, do.

👉 Core lie:
By “Hungarians,” he does not mean society as a whole, but a loyalist elite.

4️⃣ “I’m not finished yet” – the normalization of permanent power

“I’m not finished yet.”

What it actually means:

  • No closure
  • No accountability
  • No end state

This is not a vision—it is a permanent state of exception.

👉 Core lie:
Politics is framed as a historical mission so that power can never be relinquished.

🔴 Conclusion – what becomes clear after 15 years?

This quote is no longer a promise—it is a confession:

  • ❌ He did not govern well—and does not consider it important
  • ❌ Failures are always someone else’s fault
  • ❌ Wealth accumulation is not collective, but clientelist
  • ❌ Power exists to perpetuate itself

👉 This is not nation-building. It is narrative self-absolution.

How Fidesz Uses Municipal Assemblies for National Political Propaganda

“The video shows how Fidesz uses municipal assemblies for national party-political propaganda on matters over which the given body has neither legal jurisdiction nor decision-making authority.”

“The recording makes it clear that placing personal income tax, nationwide tax policy, and issues falling under parliamentary competence on a municipal agenda is legally unfounded and serves exclusively as political message-manufacturing.”

“This is not a local public matter, not a municipal competence, but a deliberate overstepping of institutional authority.”

WHY IS THIS VIDEO STRONG?

Based on the uploaded transcript:

  • It clearly states that
    👉 personal income tax, special taxes, and nationwide tax policy are not municipal competencies.
  • The technique is exposed:
    • pre-written propaganda text
    • disguised as a “verbal motion”
    • forcing a political position without legal authority
  • A clear contrast emerges:
    • a “hypothetical TISZA tax”
    • versus 20 already implemented Fidesz tax increases that have actually burdened residents
  • The key line is spoken: “They want to talk about nothing. They are shadowboxing.”

This is not an opinion, but procedural and jurisdictional criticism.

János Áder fidesz…. A disgrace to Hungary.

“over the past 15 years, we have witnessed a growth of public wealth on a scale that has only been seen once before in Hungarian history“
The answer is NO.

“My claim is the following: over the past 15 years, we have witnessed a growth of public wealth on a scale that has only been seen once before in Hungarian history — after the Compromise of 1867. In short, patriots have something to be proud of. The conclusion follows that we have something to lose. Indeed, we do have something to lose.

The war is already making further peaceful growth more difficult — that is undeniable. But to those who fantasize about a war that is supposedly winnable, successfully winnable, even successfully winnable against Russia, I would recommend the following: since we are, after all, talking about a nuclear power in the case of Russia, they should take out the photographs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

And then I believe that every person of good faith and sound mind can see that fantasizing about war carries enormous risks and dangers.”

Dóra Dezse-Zelenka, journalist

Journalist Dóra Dezse-Zelenka’s post

Dóra Dezse-Zelenka, journalist, is in Brussels, Belgium.

🥲 Péter Magyar says that Viktor Orbán is “clowning around” in Brussels.
This is said by the leader of an online sham party who, over the past year and a half as an MEP, has done nothing but feed his own sect and flood the noisy world of social media with inflammatory fake news. That is all he has “done” since appearing on the scene as the opposition’s newest messiah. That is the full achievement of this silk-boy, “comment prime minister,” who mocks Orbán as a clown.

Meanwhile, the supposedly “clowning” Orbán is fighting here in Brussels to prevent the lovers of war — the Brussels leadership — from dragging every European taxpayer financially into another country’s war, and into the “support” of a country that has been economically devastated to the ground.

Orbán does this because this is not the right path. The Brussels leaders are on a misguided road, clearly illustrated by today’s farmers’ protest in front of the European Parliament. A road that does not support the tax-paying citizens of EU member states, but instead squeezes them because of the money flowing into the Ukrainian “black hole.”

The position of the Brussels leadership is essentially that European people should break themselves so that they can now pursue moral posturing in Ukraine and seize opportunities for personal enrichment. It really is that simple.

This is what everyone from “Auntie” von der Leyen onward is currently lobbying for — all those “willing” ones who are willing to sacrifice us because they need even more money. Sanctions on Russian energy, joint borrowing, and farmers being pushed to the brink all point in this same direction.

But this cannot be allowed.

According to the reality-deniers living in Péter Magyar’s world, discussing all this, reporting on it, and vetoing these plans amounts to “clowning around.”
Fine. Then keep denying reality.

Hungarian Politics as Narcissistic Gaslighting

Hungarian politics is like a narcissist’s divorce, where absolutely everything is built on lies told by the narcissist, while the other side sits there taking notes. And when, after countless lies, the Fidesz figures start contradicting even their own statements, you finally confront them.

Unfortunately, this is exactly how things work in Hungary. They lie, and lie, and then get so carried away that they completely lose any sense of restraint. At that point, numbers start coming out that look like bidding at an auction — whatever lie is needed at the moment.

Every politician and party propagandist has thrown themselves into this as if there were no tomorrow. But there will be a tomorrow — and then we will take out the receipts.

They’ve gone so far down this path that they openly ignore court rulings and simply step over them, because propaganda must go on.

I assume it won’t be a problem for them if the other side also dares to do the same — or if someone simply starts spreading a bit of gossip. It will be interesting to play their own performance back to them.

Alexandra Szentkirályi

There is always a new low for Fidesz — and with Alexandra Szentkirályi, this is already a disgrace to Hungary.

“If it’s Szeged, then it’s fish soup. And with it, a pinch of the banned Bors.” 🫰

– Hi everyone! The anti-war DPK meeting in Szeged has just ended, so you can’t really see it anymore. Obviously, if I’m here, then a good little lieutenant colonel can come along, and well—pepper goes with a good lunch.

– Isn’t this from earlier?

– This is the magazine that’s a free publication, which Péter wants to ban. But if you look at the cover, it’s obvious why he wants to ban it. For one thing, it’s full of claims that were formulated by his people, and from which it becomes crystal clear, in black and white, that they want to take our money, raise taxes, take away a bunch of family benefits and pension increases, and—if it were up to them—send us to Ukraine. Well, we’re not going to allow that.

Alexandra Szentkirályi

🇭🇺 What unites us is love of our homeland and the will to act!
Personal, human connections cannot be replaced by anything. That is precisely why the Digital Civic Circles are not merely online communities, but real communities of living, committed people who stand by one another.

You can meet us not only in the digital space or at individual anti-war events: we continuously organize community programs, discussions, city walks, and even joint gingerbread baking.

Our shared goal is to protect our country from war. This is how we are preparing for next April, when the desire for peace and love of our homeland will defeat the forces of war!

– Anyone who is a member of the digital civic circles knows exactly that this is a close-knit community where, while respecting each other’s opinions, you can talk things through and even have good debates. What we all share is that we are held together by the same values: we love our country, and we want to work for it until next April, so that an outcome can be achieved that makes it possible for us to continue having a patriotic, country-loving, family-supporting government.

You can also have good conversations with us here; we are often present for several reasons. Members from the Budapest or the Women’s Digital Civic Circle are here as well, so we warmly welcome everyone to visit us in person at our stand.

We also organize many programs within the digital civic circles—for example, city walks, joint gingerbread baking, or other activities that people can join. I strongly believe that, even though today we are here at an anti-war gathering of a digital civic circle, human connections cannot be replaced by anything. So this is not just an online community; in real life as well, these can become alliances, friendships, and comradeship-like experiences.