Hungary is part of the West, the EU and NATO, the leader of the opposition, Peter Magyar, said at an election rally

The leader of the Hungarian opposition party Tisza, Peter Magyar, emphasized that Hungary is part of the West, the European community and NATO, addressing a rally organized by his party in Budapest on Sunday, which also marked the anniversary of the revolution and the war of independence of 1848-1849.

And, according to Peter Magyar, this “is not due to treaties or legal clauses”, but “to the fact that our destiny and the legacy of our ancestors place us there: we are Hungarians, in Europe, and who want to live in peace”, records the Hungarian press agency MTI, quoted by Agerpres.

“As Hungarians, we reject war and violence and leave fear and incitement to war in the past,” he told the crowd. “We are not afraid! We learned from our ancestors that nothing lasts forever,” he added.

Magyar noted that 1848 was “about a fundamental choice: to be slaves or free, serfs or landowners, to let our fate be dictated by others or to control it ourselves, to be ruled by power or to master it, to be subjects or citizens.”

The leader of the Hungarian opposition also stated in his speech that Tisza aims to put an end to inherited privileges and ensure equality before the law, joint responsibility, genuine freedom of the press and the absence of censorship.

“The question then was the same as today: are we subjects or are we citizens?” he said.

AFP recalls that tens of thousands of people participated in two rallies organized in Budapest on the day of the national holiday commemorating the 1848 revolt against Austrian rule and the Habsburg dynasty, just a few weeks before the legislative elections on April 12.

Supporters of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz party demonstrated in the morning, and those of the Magyar-led opposition later in the day.