First, it was a pleasant surprise to read that Budapest has been voted the most liveable Eastern European city. According to this year’s Global Liveability Index – compiled by the Economist Intelligence unit – the Hungarian capital scored more than 90 points out of a possible 100, beating cities such as Prague and Moscow. Interestingly enough, despite it having security issues regarding migration, Vienna topped the list, with a near perfect score of 99, 1. The least liveable city on the list was the Syrian capital, Damascus.

During this week, Budapest hosted two major political events: the Forum for Christian Communicators and an international summit on demography.

During the former, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, our Deputy Prime Minister, Péter Semjén outlined how dangerous the EU’s migration policy is, with Brussels wanting to distribute Muslim migrants to countries – such as Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania – that have no interest in taking them in. Regarding the situation of persecuted Christians, Deputy PM Semjén noted, that the Hungarian government has already helped over 50 000 people in the Middle East, and will continue to give help to those who are in need.

The archbishop of Mosul, Mor Nicodemus Daoud Matti Sharaf verified Semjén’s words, and stated, that amongst all of the countries, Hungary was the only one that offered direct support and help to not just the Christian community but to the church too.

On Thursday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán gave his opening speech on the third Budapest Demographic Summit, reiterating his view, that migration should not be the solution to demographic issues. Instead, the traditional family model should be protected, and that is what the Hungarian government has promised to do. As he said,

Apart from PM Orbán, many high ranking politicians attended the event, such as Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babis, Serbia’s president, Aleksander Vucic and even former Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott. All three backed Orbán’s words and concluded that the biggest threat to our civilisation are the dying populations, a tendency which must be reversed.

Last, the Guardian once again could not hold back its totally biased, left-leaning opinion regarding Europe’s demographic issues, and branded PM Orbán’s speech as “far-right”. Business as usual I guess.