A speech that does not pass.
The international committee of Auschwitz expressed its indignation, Tuesday, July 26, following the remarks made by Viktor Orban, during a trip to Romanian Transylvania.
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The intervention of the Prime Minister, "a pure Nazi text", also prompted a government adviser to resign.
In Romanian Transylvania, where there is a large Hungarian community, Viktor Orban, known for his anti-immigrant policy, has virulently reaffirmed his rejection of a "multi-ethnic" society.
"We don't want to be a mixed race", which would mix with "non-Europeans", he said.
The countries "where European and extra-European peoples coexist are no longer nations. These countries are nothing but conglomerates of peoples", further launched the 59-year-old Prime Minister, who had made similar remarks in the past but without using the term "race", according to experts.
He also apparently alluded to the gas chambers in castigating Brussels' plan to cut European gas demand by 15%.
"I don't see how they can force the Member States to do this, although there is German know-how in this area, as the past has shown," he quipped.
The international Auschwitz committee said on Tuesday that it was "horrified" after these remarks against "mixed races", calling on the European Union to "distance itself from such racist overtones".
The nationalist leader's speech, "stupid and dangerous", reminds Holocaust survivors of "the dark times of their own exclusion and persecution", reacted Christoph Heubner, vice-president of the organization, in a statement sent to the AFP.
He called on Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who is hosting Viktor Orban on an official visit to Vienna on Thursday, to stand out on behalf of the EU.
We must "make the world understand that Mr. Orban has no future in Europe", whose values he "knowingly denies".
"Shameful position", "unacceptable" ideas
Rare under the Orban era, Zsuzsa Hegedus, a sociologist advising the Hungarian Prime Minister for a long time, also submitted her resignation on Tuesday.
In a letter broadcast by the Hungarian media hvg.hu, the one who claims "a friendship of almost 20 years" with Viktor Orban, denounced "a shameful position" and "a pure Nazi text worthy of (Joseph) Goebbels" - reference to the former Nazi Germany propaganda chief.
Saying "to regret an unsightly statement", Zsuzsa Hegedus pointed to a speech by the Hungarian Prime Minister "which goes against all (his) fundamental values".
And to continue for the attention of Viktor Orban: "I don't know how you didn't realize that you have transformed your anti-migrant and anti-European (speech) into a pure Nazi text worthy of Goebbels (... ).I cannot, due to the seriousness of the facts, even after our friendship of almost 20 years, ignore this time."
In response, Viktor Orban highlighted "his government's zero tolerance policy when it comes to anti-Semitism and racism", according to a letter made public.
"You can't seriously accuse me of racism after 20 years of collaboration," he defended himself.
The Hungarian Jewish community also rose up earlier this week.
“Many different species inhabit our planet. On two legs, working, talking and sometimes thinking, only one species lives on this earth: Homo Sapiens Sapiens. This race is one and indivisible,” the chief rabbi wrote on Facebook. , Robert Frolich.
In the political class, the Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bogdan Aurescu, considered "unacceptable" such "ideas".
As for the European Commission, it said "never to comment on comments made by European politicians".
"What is clear is that the EU has a number of values which are enshrined in the treaties and it implements policies which are related to these values and these articles of the treaty", contented to react the spokesperson Eric Mamer, questioned during the usual press briefing.
With AFP
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