Hungary vows to prevent migration turmoil after Magdeburg tragedy
"We will never allow Hungary to become Magdeburg," said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. He referred to the recent attack at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, emphasizing his opposition to migration.
The head of the Hungarian government, in an interview with the public television channel M1, addressed the attack in eastern Germany.
In Magdeburg, a passenger car, driven at high speed by a Saudi national, Taleb Abdul Jawad, who had been residing in Germany since 2006, ploughed into a crowd of people at the Christmas market. The attack resulted in five fatalities and injured approximately 200 people.
"We will never allow Hungary to become Magdeburg," Viktor Orban insisted.
Opposition to migration is a key element of the policy of Hungary's ruling Fidesz party. In response to the 2015 migration crisis, Orban's government built fences on the borders with Serbia and Croatia.
After the attack in Magdeburg, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto called on Europe to protect its values and security. On the X platform, he wrote that Europe "should finally wake up and protect its values, way of life, and security," as "with every attack, things are getting worse."
Orban on Trump and asylum for Romanowski
Orban also touched on the topic of the war in Ukraine, claiming that the European Union has lost it, and that peace is near. He expressed hopes regarding Donald Trump's administration, which is soon to take office as President of the USA.
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.
