By now, hardly anyone believes in the Ukrainians' victory – Orbán at faction meeting

Supporting the Ukrainians comes at a huge political cost. Farmers are revolting all over Europe, and by now, hardly anyone believes in the Ukrainians' victory

– Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Wednesday evening at the Fidesz-KDNP parliamentary group's off-site meeting in Balatonalmádi. The content of his speech, as usual, was leaked to Magyar Nemzet.

According to the paper, among others, Orbán said that:

• "Change is needed in Brussels. The migration pact has entered into force in Europe, and Hungary will be punished for not accepting migrants;
• The war is not about to end, Europe is carrying an ever-growing burden, because due to the disputes over the presidential elections in America, their financial support for Ukraine will decrease;
• the government has reached an agreement on EU funds, teachers' and kindergarten teachers' salaries have been increased, wage agreements have been reached, the increased "13th month pension" has been paid out, family allowances have been raised, and inflation has been curbed;
• they are able to and are going to win the EP elections;
• until June they will be sailing against the wind, but experienced sailors have said that is not a bad thing, but is actually a good thing, because they can capture the international headwinds under their sails."

According to Magyar Nemzet, Orbán's comments on the presidential pardon case were similar to those he made in his annual State of the Nation Address on Saturday. When speaking to the MPs, he once again thanked Judit Varga and Katalin Novák for their work, and reiterated that this was the result of a mistake, which could have happened because "even in the highest office, no one can be smart enough on their own".

The meeting of the Fidesz-KDNP parliamentary group is being held under even stricter security measures than usual: the road to the hotel was closed hours before the first arrivals, the area was guarded by security guards of the government's favourite security company, Valton, and along with the police, they did everything they could to make it almost impossible to take photos of the MPs, government members and guests arriving by car.