It is incomprehensible with a democratic way of thinking that the word of an extremely rich individual from America “is worth more in Brussels that that of a Member of the European Parliament”, Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár said in analysis of the influence of George Soros in an interview for Hungarian daily Magyar Idők (Hungarian Times).

According to Mr Lázár, the phenomenon is nothing less than “sleight of hand on the part of the new global elite”.

“As the Minister in charge of supervising the secret services, I can state that there are countries in our vicinity in which the Soros network has a tangible influence on decision-making, the outcome of elections and the make-up of governments”, he said, adding: “I regard it as a serious risk to national security that the organisations funded by Soros actively transported illegal immigrants to Hungary’s border”.

With relation to the recent ruling by the European Court of Justice in the quota case, the Minister declared: “I trust in the wisdom of EU leaders to accept the fact that we don’t all think in the same way, and that instead of central decisions forced through using sanctions or under duress, it would also be worth listening to and understanding what the Central Europeans have to say. (…) We acknowledge the EU’S decision, but we will not give up our sovereignty and will not become a country of different countries that live side-by-side, but which will eventually find themselves in competition”.

“According to the Hungarian Government, the Fidesz-KDNP coalition and the voters who stand behind them, the institutionalisation of immigration, meaning the mandatory resettlement quota, can only provide a solution to the labour shortages of large multinational companies”, Mr. Lázár said. “IN our view, Europe is not a multinational company, but a culture, and identity and a way of life. And Europe’s leaders do not have a responsibility towards shareholders, but towards European citizens”, he added.

He also pointed out the “increasingly spectacular failures of Western European liberal immigration policies”. “What we are seeing is not successful integration, but immigrants, and especially Muslim immigrants, living in a parallelly existing closed world”, he declared.

Mr. Lázár also spoke about the fact that in 2010 Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had proclaimed a policy of zero tolerance with regard to corruption. “It is a fact that the largest corruption scandal of the past thirty years was the Metro 4 project, during which hundreds of billions of forints were stolen during the previous MSZP-SZDSZ government”, he said. “Of course there are also some who make mistakes on the Fidesz side, but they too are not exempted from the consequences, (…) there can be no mercy with regard to Fidesz politicians either”, he acknowledged. With regard to the application of EU funding, the Minister pointed out that “we are doing better than the EU average, in view of the fact that suspicion of irregularities is only raise with regard to 2.5 out of every 100 euros spent”.

On the subject of healthcare, Mr. Lázár said that Hungary’s healthcare system simultaneously portrays both the 19th and 21st centuries. “We have made excellent progress within the field of infrastructure development, and both doctors and nurses have receive significant pay ruses during the past three years, and the level of quality of outpatient services has also improved, while at the same time patients are experiencing a worrying state of affairs in some of Budapest’s hospitals”, he explained.

With regard to education, the Minister highlighted the fact that the Government had not only undertaken the management of institutions, but had also paid 1200 billion forints in local government debts, the majority of which had been accumulated through financing schools. “The modernisation of infrastructure is underway across the board, and new classroom, swimming pools, gymnasiums, kindergartens and nursery schools are being constructed. Half a million children are now receiving free school meals, and a total of 1.1 million students are being given free school textbooks”, Mr. Lázár said, listing the Government’s measures.

(MTI)