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The Turkish President was on an official visit on Thursday, November 7 in Budapest. He was received by his friend, Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who rolled out the red carpet. Nearly 3,000 people took to the streets at the call of fifteen or so Hungarian associations.
" Erdogan and Orban, both in the trash . It is with these slogans that the Hungarians protested against the arrival of the Turkish president in Budapest, reports our correspondent Florence La Bruyère.
They wanted to protest against the greeting of the Turkish President and to show their solidarity with the Kurdish people that Recep Tayip Erdogan is trying to eliminate, according to the protesters. Thirty Kurdish refugees came from Austria, along with Austrian activists.
This visit follows a few weeks Turkey 's offensive against the Kurds in Syria. An offensive hailed by the government of Viktor Orban.
What revolts Anna, retired librarian. " Our Prime Minister appears with a dictator, an assassin, " she says.
Accompanied by her daughter and grandchildren, Erna came to show her solidarity with the Kurdish people. " I'm ashamed to live here, " she says . But we have to demonstrate, to show the dictators that they are not alone in the world. "
For Marton, a young family man and musician, the Hungarian Prime Minister and the Turkish President are nationalists. But they also have other things in common: " Erdogan and Orban, the only thing that interests them, in my opinion, is getting rich personally, and building a bourgeoisie that supports them. "
Erdogan threatens to "open the doors"
In Budapest, the Turkish president once again threatened Europe with the threat of migration. " With or without support, we will continue to welcome our guests, but only to a certain extent (...) If we find that it does not work, we will have no choice but to open the doors. doors "to Europe, he said at a press conference.
The threat is timely for Viktor Orban. It will allow his party, which lost points in the municipal elections, to relaunch anti-migrant rhetoric. " Without Turkey, the EU can not handle the migration issue ," insisted the nationalist leader.
The Turkish president's visit came a week after Vladimir Putin's visit to Budapest , fueling criticism of Viktor Orban's inclination for authoritarian powers.
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