Hungary vows to avoid tragedy like Magdeburg market attack
"We will never allow Hungary to become another Magdeburg," said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. He was referring to the recent attack at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, emphasizing his opposition to immigration.
The Hungarian Prime Minister discussed the attack in an interview with the public television channel M1.
In Magdeburg, a car, driven at high speed by a Saudi Arabian man named Taleb Abdul Jawad, who had been living in Germany since 2006, plowed into a crowd of people at the Christmas market. The attack resulted in the deaths of five people and injured 200.
"We will never allow Hungary to become another Magdeburg," Viktor Orban emphasized.
Opposition to immigration is a key element of the policies of Hungary's ruling Fidesz party. In response to the migration crisis in 2015, Orban's government built fences on the borders with Serbia and Croatia.
Following the attack in Magdeburg, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto called on Europe to protect its values and security. On the social media platform X, he wrote that Europe "should finally wake up and protect its values, way of life, and security," adding that "with each attack, it gets worse."
Orban on Trump and asylum for Romanowski
Orban also discussed the topic of the war in Ukraine, claiming that the European Union has lost it, and peace is near. He expressed hope regarding the administration of Donald Trump, who will soon take office as the President of the United States.
He referred to granting asylum to Marcin Romanowski, a former deputy minister of justice accused of 11 crimes. The Hungarian Prime Minister suggested that this would not be the last such decision by his government.
