The activities of the Hungarian government can be criticised in many ways but it is wrong to say that Hungary is not a democratic country, German Social Democrat politician Klaus von Dohnanyi said in Berlin late on Tuesday.
He told a podium discussion held at the Hungarian embassy that he had met Prime Minister Viktor Orban and several senior politicians in Hungary last year, and though “mistakes have been certainly made,” it is “sheer stupidity” to say that Hungary is not a democracy.
Dohnanyi, a former mayor of Hamburg and a former minister of education, was among renowned German personalities with Hungarian roots invited to the event.