Lukács Zoltán

International analyst of Fidesz, focusing on Portugal, Spain and the Benelux countries. Tweets are my own personal opinions.

[Lukács Zoltán @ZoltanL97]

It was an honour to speak about Hungary and Hungarian family policies at the @ChegaJuventude political academy this year and to meet with @AndreCVentura again.
Thanks for having me @PartidoCHEGA
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[Philip Pilkington @philippilk]

If you are concerned with insane authoritarianism in Europe pay attention to what is happening in Hungary. It is Ground Zero for the experiment to install mentally ill oddities who will destroy basic rule of law. 🇭🇺

[Alexis Poulin @Poulin2012]

Ce qu’il se passe en Hongrie est gravissime.

Si cela c’était produit sous Orban avec un autre parti, toute la presse occidentale se serait insurgée.

Là, rien.

L’UE installe une dictature pour notre bien. C’est super.

[Orbán Viktor @PM_ViktorOrban]

Using an investigation related to Hungary’s National Cultural Fund as a pretext, the authorities have weaponised the justice system against Fidesz. This only happens in dictatorships! Acting on political orders, prosecutors have seized our servers containing personal data, along with our email correspondence. This act bears all the hallmarks of an authoritarian regime, but we will not be intimidated!

[Tom Van Grieken @tomvangrieken]

Unprecedented. Fidesz, Hungary’s largest opposition party, is being silenced. Its servers have been seized, its website taken offline and its offices raided. After the Hungarian president was also removed from office in violation of the Constitution, the EU-backed Tisza government is now shamelessly using every means at its disposal to crush the opposition. This government is not “restoring” the rule of law, it is dismantling it. Every true democrat should unequivocally condemn this alarming abuse of power. Full support for @PM_ViktorOrban!

[Marine Le Pen @MLP_officiel]

Les violations de l’État de droit se multiplient en Hongrie avec la bénédiction de ceux qui se pensent dans le « camp du bien ».

La démocratie, elle, n’a pas de camp. Elle a juste des règles que le nouveau Premier ministre hongrois, protégé de la Commission européenne, est en train de piétiner.

[Balázs Orbán @BalazsOrban_HU]

For those who still don’t understand what is happening in Hungary:

In modern European democratic history, it is virtually unprecedented to see all of the following happen at the same time:

- a President of the Republic removed from office for political reasons;
- political opponents prevented from running in the next election;
- the authorities seeking access to a political party’s internal communications, membership records, and the personal data of its registered supporters.

The line has been crossed. The question now is: how much further will they go?

[Matteo Salvini @matteosalvinimi]

Quanto sta accadendo in Ungheria è grave e rappresenta un brutto precedente. Se la democrazia viene piegata per colpire l’opposizione, non è più democrazia. E colpisce l’assordante silenzio da parte di Bruxelles e di chi da anni parla - spesso a sproposito - di “Stato di diritto”.

[Kinga Gál @_KingaGal]

What is happening in Hungary today is unprecedented.

Prosecutors arrived without prior notice at the facility hosting Fidesz’s servers to seize the party’s entire communications system and databases. Nothing like this has happened since the democratic transition in 1990.

After failing to break Fidesz’s resistance to the Tisza government’s arbitrary rule through political means, the Tisza government is now using legal means to cripple the strongest opposition party.

In a democratic state governed by the rule of law, this is unacceptable.

[Orbán Viktor @PM_ViktorOrban]

Today, the final barrier fell. Arbitrary rule is no longer a looming threat; it is a reality. If they can do this to the President of the Republic, they can do it to anyone. God protect Hungary!

[Balázs Orbán @BalazsOrban_HU]

Am I dreaming, or did Hungary’s Prime Minister really defend a constitutional amendment that bars his political opponents from Parliament and unlawfully removes the President of the Republic by arguing that it enjoys the unanimous support of a foreign government?

So which is it? Does Hungary still have a sovereign government, or is it simply taking orders from abroad?

[András LÁSZLÓ MEP 🇭🇺 @laszloan]

Massive crowd gathered today in 🇭🇺Budapest to resist against the unlawful dismissal of President Sulyok that could happen as early as next week.

Since the parliamentary elections in April, Prime Minister Péter Magyar has tried to humiliate, threaten and intimidate the President into resignation. As President Sulyok stood his ground, Magyar's Tisza Party put forward a constitutional amendment to remove the President from office without justification. Other heads of independent institutions that could serve as checks on the new government were also promised to be removed.

If PM Magyar and his party follow through on the threats, Hungary will soon descend into a constitutional crisis.

Hungarians are waking up. They voted for change, not tyranny!

[Sven Clement @svnee]

The European Parliament voted AGAINST Chat Control. 314 to 276.

And it passed anyway.

Let me tell you how: they needed 361 votes to say no. On the last day before vacation. Every empty seat counted as a yes.

They lost the vote. They won the law.

That’s not democracy. That’s a trick. #ChatControl

[Patriots for Europe @PatriotsEP]

🗣️ | @_KingaGal 🇭🇺: From the Irish Presidency, the Patriots expect a clear focus on the real interests of European citizens: their security and their prosperity.

Secure Europe's external borders, stop illegal migration, restore competitiveness, protect farmers and cohesion funding, reject Brussels' double standards, and assess Ukraine's accession on facts—not ideology.

Brussels spent years attacking Hungary in the name of democracy, yet now remains silent as the new Hungarian government's constitutional changes run counter to democratic principles. That silence exposes the EU's double standards.

[Patriots for Europe @PatriotsEP]

🎉 | Today we celebrate 2 years of Patriots for Europe! #8July

[Kinga Gál @_KingaGal]

Today, at the European Parliament’s Conference of Presidents (COP), the @PatriotsEP requested a debate during next week’s plenary on the recent constitutional changes introduced by the Hungarian government that violate basic democratic principles. Left-wing groups and the EPP voted our proposal down.

For years, they attacked Hungary’s patriotic government with fabricated, politically motivated accusations and never missed an opportunity to condemn Hungary. Now, when unprecedented constitutional and democratic concerns have emerged, they remain silent. They even refuse to allow a debate.

This is a textbook example of double standards and hypocrisy. It proves once again that in Brussels, references to European values are used as a political weapon against sovereign, patriotic governments, while genuine violations are ignored.

[Patriots for Europe @PatriotsEP]

🇦🇷 At the Casa Rosada, we met with Presidential Spokesperson @AdrianRavier to exchange views on strategic communication and the importance of explaining reform agendas to citizens.

We also discussed the growing challenge of countering ideological narratives and restoring trust through honest, effective public communication.

[Rodrigo Ballester @rodballester]

How does Hungary look like after 5p days of beautiful change❓

Have a look. Any views, @EUCssrMcGrath ? 👇👇

[Patriots for Europe @PatriotsEP]

📽️ Get to know our First Vice-President, MEP @_KingaGal (Part 1)

[Kinga Gál @_KingaGal]

We sent a letter to all MEPs warning about the unprecedented measures the Hungarian government is proposing under the slogan of "restoring democracy" and the rule of law. See their proposals below:

👉 They would retroactively disqualify MPs with at least 12 years of parliamentary service from standing for election, restricting the fundamental democratic right to stand for public office and voters' freedom of choice.

👉 Introduce a tailor-made, retroactive "Lex Orbán" to prevent Viktor Orbán from serving as Prime Minister again, excluding a political opponent from democratic competition.

👉 Remove the President of the Republic before the end of his constitutional mandate through an ad hominem measure with no legal justification.

👉 Dismiss the President of the Constitutional Court and several constitutional judges through a single constitutional amendment, prematurely terminating their lawful mandates.

👉 Establish an unprecedented and uncontrolled political police capable of exerting direct or indirect pressure and intimidation against political opponents and businesses.

👉 Place public media under direct government control while claiming to strengthen its independence.

Using its two-thirds majority, the government is rewriting the constitutional rules, legally disqualifying political opponents, restricting fundamental democratic rights, and pushing Hungary towards a constitutional crisis.

You cannot restore democracy and the rule of law by undermining them.

[Patriots for Europe @PatriotsEP]

Do EU decisions still reflect the will of Europe’s citizens?

@domotor_cs highlights new polling comparing public opinion on migration, Ukraine’s EU accession, agriculture and energy policy with the direction taken by Brussels.