<nettime> illiberal state

[Janos Sugar <sj@c3.hu>]

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said he 
wants to abandon liberal democracy in favor of an 
"illiberal state," citing Russia and Turkey as 
examples.
The global financial crisis in 2008 showed that 
"liberal democratic states can't remain globally 
competitive," Orban said on July 26 at a retreat 
of ethnic Hungarian leaders in Baile Tusnad, 
Romania.
"I don't think that our European Union membership 
precludes us from building an illiberal new state 
based on national foundations," Orban said, 
according to the video of his speech on the 
government's website. He listed Russia, Turkey 
and China as examples of "successful" nations, 
"none of which is liberal and some of which 
aren't even democracies."
http://euobserver.com/political/125128

Viktor Orban machte einen Ausflug zu "seinen" 
Ungarn in Rumänien. Und was für einen! In einer 
Grundsatzrede legte der ungarische Premier dort 
deutlich wie selten zuvor ein politisches 
Glaubensbekenntnis gegen den demokratischen 
Liberalismus, für den starken Führerstaat und für 
den nationalen Durchsetzungswillen ab. Er lobte 
Staaten wie China wegen der wirtschaftlichen 
Erfolge - obwohl sie "vielleicht nicht 
demokratisch" seien. Die Rede wurde in Ungarn 
live übertragen. 
http://www.krone.at/Welt/Orban_Das_neue_Ungarn_ist_kein_liberaler_Staat-Brisante_Rede-Story-413390


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