As has happened for centuries throughout history, the Hungarian government would once again entice Western European families to our country, those who wish to live in a Christian manner. According to the Orbán government, Hungary has everything it takes, with our outstanding public safety standing out.
Self-reliant Hungary
It is a regular topic in the Hungarian press that German pensioners in particular are fond of choosing Hungary as their new homeland and are moving here in droves. The reason is not only that they can live much better here on their German-level pensions, but also that public safety, especially in cities, is better, and the Balaton or Budapest evoke childhood and youthful memories for many.
German pensioners like to come to Hungary. Illustration. Photo: Pixabay
Government commissioner László György has built on this, among other things, in formulating the “self-reliant Hungary” strategy, according to which our country would rank among the EU’s top three for liveability by 2040. This hurrah-optimistic piece makes no mention at all of the astonishing difficulties of Hungary’s population policy, the high proportion of working-age people emigrating, the ageing society, or the growing population in lagging regions who are deprived socially, culturally, and educationally.
Illustration. Photo: Facebook/Máté Kocsis
In the commissioner’s view, the Hungarian government has achieved astonishing results compared to the ruins it inherited from the socialists and liberals in 2010. These days, we live in times when we must be grateful if something is not lost but simply remains unchanged. He believes, in any case, that the Hungarian economy will take off the moment peace dawns (there is a chance of this thanks to Trump, though the Financial Times suggests the price would be handing Ukraine’s defensive lines in the Donbas region over to the Russians).
Western European Christians to arrive en masse
According to László György, Hungary must prepare for the fact that it will effectively become a magnet for intra-European migration. The reason is our excellent public safety, which already places us in the world’s top 10%, so masses of Western Europeans who want to live in a Christian way will soon choose it as their new homeland. In his view, the primary reason is that while Spain registers 135 robberies per 100,000 people and France 92, Hungary has just 5.5, as Index wrote.
The Hungarian government says Budapest is a safe haven for Western European Christians. Photo: Facebook/BKK – Budapesti Közlekedési Központ
“Any Western leader would give their right arm for public safety conditions like Hungary’s,” he wrote in a Facebook post.
The commissioner did not elaborate on precisely which age group he had in mind for this mass immigration. Experience shows that working-age people do not really come to our country due to the low wages. Rather, it is pensioners who choose Hungary as their second homeland, yet they encounter an ageing Hungarian society, with elderly care, whether in private or state structures, in need of development.
Grand strategy to 2040
Building on this, he has proclaimed a grand strategy whose essence is to adopt what works well from every country: a central region based on the Dutch model between Budapest and the Lake Balaton, where all things that are key to a quality life are within 90 minutes’ reach. On the Israeli model, they would retain water and irrigate; on the German model, bolster vocationally minded entrepreneurs; on the Austrian model, vocational training and adult education; and on the Polish model, build regional champion companies.
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They would apply the South Korean model to creating own brands, the Singaporean model to making the state efficient (customer experience instead of cumbersome customer journeys), Finnish and Israeli models to developing universities, though he claims 80% of Hungarian students are already studying in the world’s top 5 per cent of institutions. And on the Japanese model, they would strive for energy security.
