The past and present of Fidesz are at odds over 1956
Before the war between Russia and Ukraine, Balázs Orbán said we were a nation of freedom fighters, but it seems he finds the lessons of '56 different today. A look at the glaring contradictions between some past statements and the most recent one.
Before the Russian-Ukrainian war, Balázs Orbán described us as a nation of freedom fighters, and said that the message of 1956 was about defending national independence. Nowadays, it seems that the lesson he has learned from the revolution is that if Russia were to launch a war against us, we should not defend ourselves. There are serious contradictions between his previous and most recent statements.
