Orbán Vows to Fight EU Migration Pact Despite Election Loss

According to The European Conservative, Orbán addressed reporters on Wednesday, June 17th, before a scheduled meeting of Patriots for Europe leadership on Thursday. Despite his Fidesz party’s defeat in Hungary’s April parliamentary election after sixteen years in power, Orbán maintained that the political shift toward patriotic parties remains unstoppable.

Fidesz was unseated by the centrist, pro-Brussels Tisza Party led by Péter Magyar, ending one of the longest-serving conservative governments in Europe. Yet Orbán dismissed the notion that this reversal signals a broader decline for national-conservative forces.

The Hungarian statesman argued that patriotic organizations and parties continue to advance across Europe, driven by public frustration over migration, economic competitiveness, and the ongoing war in Ukraine. He called for fundamental reform of the European Union’s leadership, which he said has failed to deliver results on these critical issues.

Orbán also renewed his longstanding criticism of the European Commission’s decision to freeze billions of euros in EU funds to Hungary during his tenure. He accused Brussels of deploying financial blackmail to interfere in domestic politics, noting that his government responded by exercising its veto power.

In contrast, Orbán suggested that the new Tisza government is adopting a posture of surrender, prepared to comply with Brussels’ demands in exchange for restored funding. The shift toward a less confrontational relationship with EU institutions could signal a policy reversal on Hungary’s formerly robust defense of national sovereignty.

Orbán was in Brussels for a meeting with fellow leaders of Patriots for Europe, one of the European Parliament’s principal right-wing political alliances.

With information from The European Conservative