Hungary’s Magyar Reveals Socialist-globalist Colours; EU Court docket Strikes Down “Anti-LGBT” Regulation

Hungarian Prime Minister-designate Péter Magyar has announced members of his incoming Cabinet and certain policies he plans to implement, confirming expectations that his government will move Hungary toward socialism and globalism.

In Hungary’s national elections on April 12, Magyar and his Tisza party defeated longtime Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, winning a supermajority in the National Assembly, capable of amending or replacing the country’s constitution. Magyar is expected to assume office on or after May 9.

In contrast to Orbán, whose policies leaned conservative and were relatively skeptical of the European Union and globalism, Magyar is expected to adopt a more pro-EU, social-liberal stance — and his Cabinet appointments and policy announcements back up this expectation.

Cabinet Appointments

On April 20, for example, Magyar appointed Anita Orbán (no relation to Viktor Orbán) as foreign minister. Orbán, an executive with Vodafone, has strong globalist credentials, including serving as a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations — affiliated with the American Council on Foreign Relations — and a former board member of UNICEF Hungary. She will play a key role in integrating Hungary further into the European Union.

Additionally, Magyar appointed András Kármán as finance minister. Kármán played a key role in developing Magyar’s proposal for a socialist “wealth tax,” and will likely help achieve the incoming prime minister’s goal of adopting the euro as Hungary’s currency — a major surrender of the country’s financial sovereignty. Magyar also appointed Judit Lannert, who has promoted leftist causes such as the LGBT agenda on social media, as education minister.

Leftist Policies

Magyar’s post-election policy announcements also indicate that he will push Hungary in a left-wing direction. For example, he announced that he will create an environment ministry, signaling a greater focus on promoting a radical, UN-aligned climate agenda. Additionally, he announced that he would reverse his predecessor’s planned withdrawal from the sovereignty-eroding International Criminal Court, and would display the EU flag in Hungary’s parliament building for the first time since January 2012. And Bálint Ruff, an incoming minister in Magyar’s Cabinet, implied in a media interview that Hungary’s new government might pass a “hate speech” law.

Meanwhile, the EU is already doing its part to wipe away Hungary’s conservative social policies. On April 21, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) struck down a 2021 Hungarian law banning LGBT propaganda directed at minors. It declared:

The Court of Justice finds that Hungary has acted in breach of EU law on a number of separate levels….

That law is contrary to the very identity of the Union as a common legal order in a society in which pluralism prevails. Hungary cannot validly rely on its national identity as justification for adopting a law which is in breach of [the EU’s founding “values,” listed in the Treaty of European Union]. [Emphasis in original.]

In addition to imposing a radical, cultural-Marxist social agenda on EU member states, the ECJ’s ruling is yet another step toward eliminating national sovereignty on the road to a European superstate.

Despite Magyar’s leftist and globalist policies, some Republican politicians in the United States celebrated his election. For example, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) wrote that Hungarians “voted decisively in favor of democracy and the rule of law.” Meanwhile, U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) oddly claimed — ignoring Magyar’s own statements — that “I have yet to hear him propose … sacrificing [Hungary’s] sovereignty on the altar of the European Union.”

Hungary, a country that many conservatives viewed as a bastion for social conservatism, appears set to radically change course.

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