Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán aimed to address the political fallout from a presidential pardon scandal. During his annual state of the nation address on Saturday, marking his first public appearance since Hungary's president, his ally, resigned a week prior.
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00:00 Hungary will ratify Sweden's accession to NATO this spring.
00:05 20 years of membership have taught Hungary not to lean on the European Union.
00:09 Two thoughts from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's State of the Nation speech held on Saturday.
00:15 The resignation of the President is right but a great loss for the country, said Orbán about the fall of the President, Katalin Novák, due to a clemency granted in a paedophile case.
00:41 We know from the inauguration of the President that the majority of Hungarians did not accept and rejected his decision of leniency.
00:52 The President's most beautiful and difficult task is to maintain the national unity.
01:01 Orbán again painted Hungary as a successful, dynamic country, with great plans held back only by the bad decisions of the EU.
01:11 (whooshing)