Hungarians back Viktor Orbán

At least 100,000 government supporters took part in a so-called "peace march" in Budapest on Saturday which was directed above all against the EU's criticism of Hungary's domestic policy. In the eyes of the right-wing conservative daily Magyar Hírlap, which was among the initiators of the march, it was a clear gesture of solidarity with the government of Viktor Orbán: "The peaceful crowd's protest was aimed mainly at the European bureaucracy: it doesn't want to be a colony - not even of the EU. ... This mass of people made a stand for dignity, independence and democracy. The crowd's behaviour on the street was similar to the Hungarian prime minister's a few days ago when he defended himself alone against the humiliations in the EU Parliament: He faced the vituperative, intellectually dissolute and sick masters of injustice with a calm, dignified and self-assured demeanour - even with European elegance one could say. With their peace march the Hungarians have shown the world that they defend their leader when he defends the Hungarian nation."

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