Budapest Demographic Summit champions 'traditional family values'

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Speaking at the bi-annual Budapest Demographic Summit, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stressed the importance of "family-friendly, conservative powers" in Europe.

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00:00 Touted as the Hungarian model, the policies introduced under Conservative Prime Minister

00:05 Viktor Orban to incentivise couples to have children are once again in focus during the

00:10 bi-annual Budapest Demographic Summit.

00:15 Drawing interest from Conservative and far-right politicians and prominent figures, critics

00:20 say the policies have fuelled inequality and discrimination.

00:25 We want to defend it, we want to revitalise it.

00:55 This family does not limit anyone's freedom, but does increase everyone's wealth.

01:02 And we do not believe that the state can replace family.

01:06 And where this has been attempted in the past, as happened in Eastern Europe under Soviet

01:12 rule, the results serve as warning for everyone not to repeat the experiment.

01:20 Since taking power in 2010, Orban has styled himself as an illiberal defender of Christianity

01:25 and pro-family values in the Central European country.

01:29 "Scientists and experts from all over the world are coming to the Fine Arts Museum to

01:48 the Demographic Summit.

01:49 This meeting has been held since 2015.

01:50 But this is the first year when government officials have accepted the invitation, including

01:51 the Serbian, Bulgarian President and Georgian-Belarusian-Belarusian government officials.

01:52 They are trying to find a solution to the question of why the world is in a state of crisis.

01:53 Zoltán Siposegyi, Euronews, Budapest."

01:54 Zoltán, Euronews Budapest.

01:56 [SWOOSH]

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