Less drag, more Chuck Norris, Orban tells US conservatives

HUNGARY’S prime minister has urged Christian conservatives in the US and Europe to unite and battle “progressive liberals” and “globalists”.

At a Right-wing political meeting in Texas, Viktor Orban said that Hungary was the “Lone Star state of Europe” and boasted about his tough anti-immigration policies and laws against gay marriage.

Donald Trump will close the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas today. It held a special event in Hungary earlier this year.

Mr Orban said in his speech: “If I am correct, Lone Star state means that independence, freedom and sovereignty are the dearest values in this part of America. Progressive liberals didn’t want me to be here because they knew what I would tell you – because I’m here to tell you that we should unite our forces because we Hungarians know how to defeat the enemies of freedom on the political battlefield.”

He added: “We must take back the institutions in Washington and in Brussels [...] we must co-ordinate the movement of our troops, because we face the same challenge.

“We are not the favourites of the American Democrats. They did not want me to be here and they made every effort to drive a wedge between us. They hate me and slander me and my country as they hate you and slander you and America you stand for.”

Mr Orban, who has been criticised for his crackdowns on media freedom and gay rights, was given a standing ovation when he read from Hungary’s constitution, which he amended to say that marriage could only be between a man and a woman. “Less drag queens and more Chuck Norris,” he said.