The Government of Hungary is launching a National Petition to send a clear message to Brussels: WE WILL NOT PAY!
We will not pay for the Russian–Ukrainian war,
we will not pay for the operation of the Ukrainian state over the next ten years,
and we will not pay higher utility bills because of the war.
⚠️ If Magyar Péter truly stood on the side of farmers, he should start by having the Tisza Party immediately leave the EPP group led by Manfred Weber and support the motion of no confidence submitted by the Patriots against Ursula von der Leyen. Today, Magyar Péter showed his true face—what kind of politician he really is. In Strasbourg, at the farmers’ protest, he put on a textbook display of hypocrisy and political sleight of hand. He said that Tisza stands with Hungarian farmers, while Fidesz abandoned them. Well then, let’s look at reality.
The series of international negotiations that have been going on for months, and the many protesting statements made in the Agriculture and Fisheries Council, all testify to standing up for Hungarian farmers. The Hungarian government has consistently opposed the Mercosur Agreement—always in the farmers’ interest.
By contrast, let’s look at Magyar Péter and Tisza. What did they do? They kept their heads down and stayed silent. Magyar Péter, who is a member of the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture, hasn’t even shown up for a year—not once did he speak up for Hungarian farmers. And when he realized that cooperation between the national government and farmers rests on solid foundations, he quickly went among the protesting farmers himself and declared that he was with them. And one could see and experience just how credible he was among the farmers. His hypocrisy blew a fuse among them—rightfully so.
But soon the truth will become clear in black and white: who really stands with Hungarian farmers—Fidesz or Tisza? A motion of no confidence has been tabled against President Ursula von der Leyen for betraying and destroying the European farming community by signing the Mercosur Agreement. Let’s see how everyone votes. The Fidesz–KDNP Members of the European Parliament will certainly vote for her removal, because anyone who digs the grave of European agriculture cannot remain in power. But how will Tisza vote? How will Magyar Péter vote? That is how the truth will come out. Everything else is just fairy tales, distraction, and lies.
🎯 Propaganda Analysis – Agricultural Ministerial Narrative
Core function (real purpose):
The text is not about the farmers’ real interests or concrete agricultural policy solutions, but rather about:
👉 The conclusion is predetermined:
Fidesz = protection of farmers / TISZA = betrayal and deception.
Claim:
If Péter Magyar truly stood with farmers, he would immediately have the Tisza Party leave the European People’s Party group and support the motion of no confidence.
🔹 Technique: false dilemma + loyalty test
🔹 The trick:
The definition of being “pro-farmer” is tied to a single political action. Any other position is automatically labeled as betrayal.
“Today he showed his true face.”
🔹 Technique: moral framing + character assassination
🔹 Effect:
Instead of examining actions or professional arguments, it delivers a moral verdict, shifting the reception onto an emotional plane.
Listed elements:
🔹 Technique: authority stacking + self-legitimization
🔹 What’s missing:
There are no measurable outcomes, only rhetorical activity.
Claim:
Péter Magyar “did not even attend” the EP agriculture committee.
🔹 Technique: selective omission
🔹 Note:
The statement appears without context or evidence; the alleged lack of participation is inflated into total political indifference.
🔹 Technique: motive framing
🔹 Message:
Participation is portrayed not as solidarity, but as calculation.
Farmers’ reactions are presented as uniformly negative, with no room for plurality.
“Let’s see who votes how!”
🔹 Technique: performative ultimatum
🔹 Goal:
To reduce a complex European political decision to a binary moral test.
Target: Ursula von der Leyen
Intermediary enemy: Manfred Weber
🔹 Technique: scapegoating + personalization
🔹 Narrative:
A structural European conflict is simplified into the claim that one individual “betrayed the farmers.”
🔹 Technique: debate shutdown
🔹 Effect:
All alternative interpretations are preemptively labeled as lies.
This text is classic campaign propaganda, which:
👉 Instead of the real question
(Which agricultural policy actually serves farmers?),
👉 it presents a loyalty test:
Fidesz–KDNP or TISZA —
everything else is dismissed as “fairy tales, distraction, and lies.”
The government is launching a National Petition‼️
We believe that Brussels’ demands must be rejected. We do not think that Europe should be responsible for paying Ukrainian utility bills or ensuring the operational capacity of the Ukrainian state.
If we look at the size of the cost, this would amount to 1.3 million forints per Hungarian family, and for this very reason it must not be allowed.
It is important that as many people as possible take part and clearly express their position regarding Brussels’ demands!
WE ARE LAUNCHING A PETITION AGAINST THE BRUSSELS WAR PLAN!
We do not want to pay for the war.
We do not want to send Hungarian people’s money to Ukraine.
Together, we send a message to Brussels.
DO NOT COUNT ON US — WE WILL NOT PAY!
“Ukraine’s demands would cost Hungarians 9 billion dollars.”
“Because of this, Brussels would take away from us:”
Bottom right, in a yellow circle:
“FULL REPORT HERE”
We believe that the family is our greatest value. We respect mothers and do everything we can to support them. From January, a lifetime personal income tax exemption has been introduced for mothers under 30 with one child and for mothers under 40 with two children.
We should also not forget that from this year the family tax allowances have been doubled: 20,000 forints per month for one child, 40,000 forints for two children, and for three or more children this now means 66,000 forints per child.
We are creating a livable, safe, and predictable future for our children and our grandchildren.
“We believe that the family is the greatest value.”
🔹 Technique: stating a moral axiom
🔹 Effect:
👉 Propaganda function:
It does not open a policy debate but forces the discussion into a moral framework.
“We respect mothers and do everything we can to support them.”
🔹 Technique: self-congratulatory collective statement
🔹 Problems:
👉 Framing:
intention = outcome (as if good intentions alone were sufficient)
“Mothers under 30 with one child and mothers under 40 with two children…”
🔹 Technique: highlighting targeted beneficiaries
🔹 Concealed facts:
👉 Propaganda trick:
what matters is not who is left out, only that it can be said: “we are helping.”
“20,000 / 40,000 / 66,000 forints per month”
🔹 Technique: listing large numbers
🔹 Manipulation:
👉 Reality:
rising food, housing, and energy prices absorb these amounts.
“We are creating a livable, safe, and predictable future…”
🔹 Technique: abstract, unmeasurable promise
🔹 What’s missing:
👉 This is a classic propaganda slogan, not a policy statement.
❌ No mention of:
👉 Only tax allowances remain, because they are easy to communicate.
This text:
📌 Essence of the propaganda:
“We are good because we give money – anyone who demands more is ungrateful.”
English translation:
“VAT should have been reduced a long time ago! You’re killing Hungarian producers, you unfortunate fool! 🤡🤡
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Author
István Nagy
János Salánki, what are you talking about? Almost all basic foodstuffs have 5% VAT. Milk, meat, eggs. And I don’t know what would be better for you. A 57% personal income tax? Then VAT could be low. But then all your income would be taxed at such a high rate. You can choose. It’s not possible to have it both ways: that we pay the lowest personal income tax as we do now, and VAT is also the lowest. That cannot be achieved anywhere.”