PM Viktor Orbán on the attempts by Brussels authorities to shut down National Conservativism Conference in Brussels: The end of Communism was one of the nicest times of my life. How did it happen? We …More
PM Viktor Orbán on the attempts by Brussels authorities to shut down National Conservativism Conference in Brussels:
The end of Communism was one of the nicest times of my life. How did it happen?
We established Fidesz in 1988 as a young political organization. We started to organize meetings. It was not as harsh a dictatorship as earlier, but they did everything not to let it happen--the free expression of our opinion.
We rented a place in Budapest, and several hours prior to the meeting they said it's not available. We looked for another one; they said if the owner would supply beer and food, he'd be out of business.
The same kind of pressure was very common in second part of the 80s.
Finally, we won.
The end of Communism was one of the nicest times of my life. How did it happen?
We established Fidesz in 1988 as a young political organization. We started to organize meetings. It was not as harsh a dictatorship as earlier, but they did everything not to let it happen--the free expression of our opinion.
We rented a place in Budapest, and several hours prior to the meeting they said it's not available. We looked for another one; they said if the owner would supply beer and food, he'd be out of business.
The same kind of pressure was very common in second part of the 80s.
Finally, we won.