Judit Varga, former Justice Minister of Hungary, Member of the Hungarian Parliament
During her first visit to Texas, Hungarian Minister of Justice Judit Varga sat down with The Dallas Express to talk about how Hungary has confronted the issues of border security, showing parallels to the current situation in America.
Minister Varga has served in the position since 2019 and will be resigning from the role at the end of this month to participate more actively in the upcoming elections.
“I will be chairing the European Affairs Committee in the National Assembly, because I’m an MP in the Hungarian parliament, and probably I will be heading the list for the European elections of our conservative party, the Fidesz,” Varga explained.
“This gives me greater freedom to speak my mind, to try to convince as many citizens across Europe as possible,” she continued. “This is the way forward.”
Varga has been a vocal advocate for protecting Hungary’s territorial sovereignty and the nation’s traditional pro-family values. Her trip to Texas was prompted by a desire “to enhance synergies between conservative politics all over the continents.”
and this from The Hungarian Conservative,
‘There are several similarities between Hungary and Texas in their politics,’ Minister of Justice Judit Varga stated in an interview with The Dallas Express, published on Wednesday.
‘We believe in family, national sovereignty, and we don’t think that mass illegal migration would be beneficial for the future of our country, and the list goes on,’ she remarked.
The US newspaper noted that the minister has long been a vocal advocate for protecting Hungary’s sovereignty and traditional family values. Her first trip to Texas was motivated by the desire to ‘strengthen cooperation among conservatives across continents.’
‘We need to make friendships, get to know each other, and find common ground,’ said Varga. ‘While there might be differences in the details, when it comes to fundamental principles, I believe we understand each other’s words,’ she added.
Looking at the immigration crisis in the United States, she drew parallels between Hungary’s struggle with the Brussels institutions of the European Union and Texas’s fight with Washington.
We have a referendum saying no to mass migration. We have public consultation of our citizens,” she continued. “And this is the key to our success, that we are standing by the people.”
Concluding on the issue of mass migration, Varga said, “I just would like to add, we are human beings. We are Christians. We have hearts, and we know there’s a real asylum situation and refugee situation.”
“Since the outbreak of the war, we let in more than 1.5 million real asylum seekers from Ukraine,” the minister noted. “We provide them all the healthcare and every kind of treatment, accommodation, travel, logistical possibilities, whatever they need.”
“So there is a real difference,” Varga insisted, reemphasizing the distinction between true asylum seekers and economic opportunists. On the southern borders, where not refugees but economic migrants typically come. “They are walking through safe countries. … They are not persecuted anywhere, and I don’t think it’s a human right to wake up anywhere in the world and point at a country on the map and say, ‘I have a human right to live there.’” “So last year, we alone stopped 270,000 illegal migrants.”
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