Reuters — Hungarian PM sees shift to illiberal Christian democracy in 2019 European vote

Summary:
Traditionalism is on the rise and it's taking a bite out of liberalism. This wave is not unique to Hungary. In an annual speech to ethnic Hungarians in Baile Tusnad in neighboring Romania, Orban portrayed the 2019 European parliamentary vote as decisive for the future of Europe. He said the Western political “elite” of the EU had failed to protect the bloc from Muslim immigration and it was time for them to go. “The European elite is visibly nervous,” Orban told hundreds of cheering supporters.“Their big goal to transform Europe, to ship it into a post-Christian era, and into an era when nations disappear - this process could be undermined in the European elections. And it is our elementary interest to stop this transformation.”... “Christian democracy is not liberal...It is illiberal,

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Mike Norman considers the following as important: Christian democracy, Hungary, liberal democracy, liberalism, traditionalism, Viktor Orban

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