Our Hungarian correspondent László has done a detailed analysis of the startling remarks made by Hungarian President Katalin Novák in her New Year’s address to the nation. After he wrote his initial analysis, the transcript of Ms. Novák’s speech was removed from the media site where it had been posted, and the state broadcaster dubbed her speech at the critical point so that her problematic remarks could no longer be heard.

László adds this note:

I assume the president wasn’t supposed to tell us that snippet of truth about our “constant sickness” and the state of “our immune systems”. But at least now we know that they know. And now they will know that we know that they know. And now we also know that they care that we know.

Update from László, posted in the comments after I went to bed:

The two articles in question became available again on Magyar Nemzet after a while (before this post on GoV was published) — and they are there now as I’m writing this comment. It’s difficult to know what machinations have been going on in the background.

I assume that with the temporary removal of the transcript of the speech, the media outlet might have intended to bypass the period of peak traffic in order to do some damage control. I mean, after a day the public’s interest in the president’s speech naturally drops, plus it is not on the front pages any more — so it could be reinstated.

In the meantime I also learned that there was a cyber attack against several Hungarian conservative media outlets yesterday. But since “future cyber attacks” have been heralded by the WEF, we cannot trust even cyber attacks to be genuine, can we?…

And this is the very nature of this war that we just don’t get to know what They do to us and why. Therefore what exactly was behind the temporary deletion doesn’t matter that much to me now.

What remains however, is the president’s strange statement about the “constant sickness” of the populace, and the fact that she connected that to the state of “our immune systems”.

“As if our immune systems have been weakened”: Hungarian President’s New Weird Order Address to the Nation

Original analysis written by László on 1 January 2024:

Hungarian President Katalin Novák’s 2023 New Year’s Eve address to the nation was as weird as it could get. In the translation below I have highlighted the parts that sound very NWO to me. Actually, I think only the highlighted parts are interesting — the rest only serves as context for this post.

The president’s weirdest statement is the first highlighted sentence (see the transcript of her speech below) about the “constant sickness” in “many families” in Hungary. Katalin Novák said:

“In many families, there is almost constant sickness, as if our immune systems have been weakened.”

As if…

Is it an attempt to do damage control after the mass effects of the Poison Poke can no longer be hidden? “…as if our immune systems have been weakened,” she suggests, and apparently attributes this weakening to the fact that “the world is a roiling sea around us”:

“The world is a roiling sea around us. Whirlwinds rage, stormy waves crash everywhere. War in Ukraine and now in Israel, mass protests, economic and political uncertainty. Here at home, anxiety, the struggle for everyday life. Life is more expensive, spending has to be considered, reserves have had to be tapped.”

Yeah, anything but the Jab…

Note also in the transcript that below the Katalin Kariko cult can never end in Hungary.

Beware the roiling seas!

Update by László (2 January 2024):

The transcript of the president’s speech seems to have been scrubbed from the only source (magyarnemzet_hu) that first posted it. At least for me, the original link of the transcript returns a 404 error message. And the transcript has been deleted from another link of the same media outlet as well… making it a pattern. I also noticed that the Hungarian state TV has dubbed her speech at the critical sentence so that it cannot be heard:

“In many families, there is almost constant sickness, as if our immune systems have been weakened.”

So I had to use the Wayback Machine in order to retrieve the original transcript, only one day after it was published by Magyar Nemzet. That said, the whole video of her speech is still available on Facebook where her PR team posted it, and the sentence in question can be heard at 3:07.

I can only guess what has happened in the meantime, but if I use Occam’s Razor with the information that’s available to me, the president’s PR advisors or some journalists must have noticed that she made a serious mistake, and now they decided to silently delete it from the public mind without creating a Streisand Effect. (At least one regional paper that had taken the transcript over from Magyar Nemzet still has it on their site.)

Transcript of the president’s speech — translation of the (since deleted) article published by Magyar Nemzet, retrieved from the Wayback Machine (again, I highlighted the parts that sound the most NWO/PC to me):

Katalin Novák’s Full New Year Speech

Dear Compatriots!

The last notes of the National Anthem are still ringing in our ears. We look each other in the eye and say: this year has not been easy. But here we are. The world is a roiling sea around us. Whirlwinds rage, stormy waves crash everywhere. War in Ukraine and now in Israel, mass protests, economic and political uncertainty. Here at home: anxiety, the struggle for everyday life. Life is more expensive, spending has to be considered, reserves have had to be tapped. In many families, there is almost constant sickness, as if our immune systems have been weakened.

But we can live in peace. There was no drought, there was bread, and we had reason to be happy and proud.

The three days of Pope Francis’ visit brought joy and gratitude to the hearts of Hungarians. Catholics, Protestants, believers and non-believers, Hungarians from across the border and beyond, we felt: we are one.

The World Athletics Championships were a miracle of our beautiful capital, of Hungarian hospitality, of the stadium, of the organisation, of the enthusiastic volunteers.

We hadn’t even digested the joyous news that Katalin Kariko had reached the top of the academic world before Ferenc Krausz’s success. After the one from Kisújszállás, we could be proud of a Nobel Prize winner from Mór.

It was also particularly good to be Hungarian when the national football team qualified for the European Championship undefeated, as group leaders.

And it was good to see in all the thirty countries I have officially visited this year that the President of the Hungarians is received with respect. They know that ours is a talented nation with a strong sense of self-awareness, a unique mindset and a strong spirit. And even if they don’t always understand us, they listen to us. I am personally working to turn this attention into understanding and cooperation.

Twenty years ago, in December 2003, we looked forward to the New Year with excitement. We knew that Hungary would soon become a member of the European Union. Today, we see the benefits, the difficulties, and we have not forgotten for a moment that full membership was promised. And this week, the postman in Brussels finally delivered some of our money in the form of a letter of formal notice.

Twenty years ago, in the last days of 2003, while we were watching our Love Actually movie for the first time, I was feverishly knitting a sweater for my husband to get ready to give birth to our first child. It meant the world to us then.

The newborn, the child, the grandchild, is still the hope and the joy today. They give meaning to making money, to building a country, to teaching. It is for them that we want a more predictable, peaceful and happier future.

For me, 2023 was the year of encounters. Thank you for helping me to walk with open eyes, ears and heart. Thanks to the doctors and nurses, Panni, born at 520 grams, and her twin sister Lalika can hope for a full life. To the helpers for rescuing little Ahmet and his companions from the rubble of the earthquake in Turkey. [Thanks] To the staff of the children’s home in Balassagyarmat for looking after those whose parents had given up on them. Thanks to Sabi the baker for teaching the children to bake. To the teachers from Kecskemét, Mór, Csurgó and Pannonhalma for their educational work. Thanks to those who help the gypsies living in Tiszabo, Tiszaalpar, Sárkeresztúr, Sóshartyán. Thank you to the small farmers of Fonyod for their patriotism, and to the people of Rimóc, Terényi and Hollóko for preserving their traditions. To the teachers and helpers from Somogyvár, Nyírbátor and Mexikói út for educating children with disabilities. To the loving people of Lajoskomárom for taking care of Aunt Inci, Uncle Pali and the other elderly people who have been married for 69 years. To the Single Parent Centres for helping when a family breaks up. To those who care for the homeless, for being there for the most vulnerable.

Here we stand on the threshold of 2024, full of expectation and hope. It’s like going through a difficult course in a video game, and at the end, our lives are reset/reloaded. In a way, that’s what we’re hoping for. That we can face our tasks with renewed energy, vitality and drive. We trust in talent, diligence, grace.

This year the Hungarians will again be at the European Football Championship and the Paralympic Games.

And now that it’s time for New Year’s resolutions, I suggest we take an example from professional athletes. Let’s not just cheer, let’s move! I invite all Hungarians, regardless of age, to run, hike, swim, cycle, play football, exercise. Let’s move together! Let 2024 be the year of movement!

Wine, wheat, peace, light in the darkness!
May the New Year bring new things,
and may it not deprive you of the old.
Let those who were friends stay friends,
Let those who have gone, go on.

I wish all Hungarians a New Year that brings hope!

For previous essays by László, see the László Archives.