Orban at Palazzo Chigi: "By remaining strong together, we will defend our nations."

The Hungarian premier Viktor Orban arrived in Rome on Monday 27 October for a day of institutional meetings marked by statements that have reignited the debate on relations between Budapest and Brussels.

After the guard of honor and the playing of the national anthems, Meloni and Orban met to discuss of Ukraine, the Middle East, migration and industrial cooperation. “Excellent meeting in Rome with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni – wrote the Hungarian Prime Minister on X – we talked about war, the struggling European economy, and migration. By standing strong together, we will defend our nations. "

According to the note released by Palazzo Chigi, the two leaders discussed the opportunities offered by the European Safe instrument and they evaluated possible synergies between Italy and Hungary in support of their respective industrial and technological capabilities.

Orban: "The EU is worthless. Trump is wrong about Putin."

Orban gave an interview to the Republic: “The European Union counts for nothing. Donald Trump is wrong about Putin, I will go to him to have him lift the sanctions on Russia.”
According to the Prime Minister, “Europe is totally out of the game. We have outsourced the ability to resolve the war to the Americans and the Russians. I will soon be with Trump to resolve the oil sanctions issue.”
On social media, Orban reiterated his pacifist line: “The world is slowly getting used to wars… If we want to preserve peace in Hungary, we cannot swim with the Brussels mainstream.”

This morning, the audience in the Vatican

Before the meeting with Meloni, the Hungarian Prime Minister was received in the Vatican by Pope Francis. “I asked His Holiness to support Hungary's peace efforts”, Orban wrote on X.
The Vatican, in an official note, He spoke of a "cordial conversation" in which European issues, the war in Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East were discussed, as well as the role of the Catholic Church in the country's social development.

Tajani: "Hungary is a friendly country, no scandal."

Speaking on the sidelines of a conference on peace, the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani he defended the government's choice to welcome Orban: "Hungary is a friendly country, there is nothing wrong with that. Being pro-European doesn't mean erasing national identities. Sometimes criminalization is exploitative."

+Europa flash mob: "Let's veto Orban"

During the summit at Palazzo Chigi, A flash mob organized by +Europa was held in front of the government headquarters. "The Europe represented today at Palazzo Chigi is not our Europe, that of democracy and the rule of law.“, said Riccardo Magi. “Orban has received billions in European contributions to undermine democracy in his country,” he continued.
Signs and slogans denounced the presence of the Hungarian Prime Minister: “Orban you are not welcome”, “Dictators with our money,” “Let’s veto Orban.”

Budapest slams Report: "Serious prejudice"

In the evening, Balazs Orban, political advisor to the Prime Minister, criticized a report on X Report dedicated to European sovereignist networks, defining it “a serious mistake full of prejudices”The program had analyzed the links between Hungarian and Polish conservative think tanks and the political strategy that aims to redraw the institutional balance of the EU along sovereignist lines.