If this government remains in power, Hungarians will continue to pay the lowest household utility costs in Europe. If Tisza wins, the utility price cuts will come to an end, and Hungarian families would find themselves in a very difficult situation.
Everyone would happily pay the prices common in Europe if wages and everything else were at the same level. But at present, the Hungarian people are being conditioned to accept poverty as normal.
Alexandra Szentkirályi spoke about water costing 200 vs. 600 forints, while István Nagy talked about chips costing 300 vs. 600 forints, both effectively claiming that 200–300 forints is more than good enough for Hungarians, and that they shouldn’t even aspire to anything better.
European politicians and NATO leaders are now openly talking about a war the likes of which our grandfathers last witnessed. Such a war would have many victims—not only Europe’s economy and household cost protections, but also the lives and future of our children.
In Brussels, 24 EU member states have now made a dangerous decision. They are granting war loans to Ukraine. This means they have become even more deeply involved in the war and have a vested interest in its continuation—because they will only get their money back if the war is won.
We Hungarians do not want to be dragged into another European war, because we know what war is like. In every Hungarian family, the scars of past wars still live on; we know the losses wars have caused us.
We have said no to this war madness. We do not accept that the Hungarian people should pay the price for decisions made by others.
Defending peace is not weakness—it is responsibility.
European politicians, including the NATO Secretary General, are talking about a war unlike anything we have seen since the time of our grandfathers and great-grandfathers, and about having to accept that such a war would have victims—not only in the European economy and household cost protections, but even among our own children. We are not willing to accept this.
What has happened in Brussels in recent days is once again deeply alarming. What happened exactly? Three countries, including Hungary, refused to agree to granting a war loan to Ukraine. The other 24 member states, however, went along with it.
This means that those member states which are now taking on enormous amounts of debt in order to lend this money to Ukraine will only ever see that money returned if Ukraine wins the war. The consequence of this is that, unfortunately, these countries will become interested in the continuation of the war and in Ukraine trying to win it. And I think we all know how realistic that outcome is.
What is clear, however, is that if this war madness continues, then like a spark, in a single moment, it could sadly turn into a Europe-wide war between Europe and Ukraine.
We do not want to be dragged into this war, because every single time there has been an armed conflict between East and West, Central Europe has never been spared. In every Hungarian family there are stories about how war crippled a family for life.
🇭🇺 “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.
“Good morning to everyone, except…” – Good morning to everyone—except to anyone who would have newspapers banned simply because they dare to talk about their austerity package and tax increases.
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.
Szentkirályi Alexandra claims that removing a Fidesz-proposed “migration threat” debate from the agenda of the Budapest City Assembly proves that Mayor Gergely Karácsony is “protecting the TISZA party” and helping them “hide” the fact that the EU migration pact was voted on in Brussels.
This claim collapses under basic scrutiny.
The Budapest City Assembly has no legal authority over EU migration policy, EU treaties, or votes held in Brussels. It cannot approve, block, or conceal an EU migration pact. Removing a topic from the city assembly’s agenda is an administrative and jurisdictional decision, not an act of “defending migrants” or shielding any political party.
Linking a local procedural decision to an EU-level legislative process is a deliberate distortion. The EU migration pact was debated and voted on within EU institutions — involving national governments and the European Parliament — not city councils.
By framing a routine agenda decision as proof of conspiracy, Szentkirályi Alexandra is not describing reality, but manufacturing fear through false cause-and-effect. This is a textbook example of propaganda: mixing unrelated political levels, assigning hidden motives without evidence, and presenting speculation as fact.
Budapest’s city government cannot “hide” EU votes. It cannot “protect” or “expose” EU migration policy. And removing a debate proposal does not change what happened in Brussels.
This is not governance. It is narrative construction.
How Hungarian government messaging distorts reality
Szentkirályi Alexandra publicly claimed that an economist from the TISZA camp said “it is bad if pensioners live long.”
That claim is false.
What was actually discussed was a basic economic fact: longer life expectancy puts increasing pressure on a pay-as-you-go pension system. This is standard knowledge in pension economics — not a moral judgment, and not a wish for anyone’s death.
By reframing a technical discussion as cruelty, Szentkirályi Alexandra did not respond with facts. She responded with emotional manipulation.
This is a classic propaganda technique:
take a financial reality,
strip it of context,
turn it into a moral outrage,
then attack a position that was never claimed.
Slogans like “every life is precious” sound noble — but they do not answer a single economic question. Neither do promises of a 13th or even 14th month of pensions made without transparent funding plans.
Care for the elderly is not measured in slogans or Facebook videos. It is measured in honest numbers, sustainability, and truth.
Never forget: When politicians stop debating policy and start inventing villains, the goal is not protection — it is control.
Fidesz politician Szentkirályi Alexandra appears in a video next to a car, showing a bound man locked in the trunk, using the scene to spread fear about Ukraine and the EU. The narrative mirrors well-known Kremlin disinformation about organ, drug, and human trafficking. The man was later identified as a government-linked employee. This video cannot be misinterpreted. English subtitles are available via the CC button.
