Wilders to speak about "conservative connection" as guest of honor at CPAC in Hungary

PVV leader Geert Wilders will speak today at the CPAC conference organized by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Budapest. The far-right Dutch politician, currently negotiating a new Dutch Cabinet, is a guest of honor at the conference for ultraconservatives. Wilders will speak on the theme of “conservative connection,” NU.nl reports.

CPAC stands for Conservative Political Action Conference. It originated in the United States, where conservative politicians and activists have gathered annually since 1974 to celebrate their movement. This year is the third edition of Orbán’s version.

Wilders is presented as one of the most prominent speakers at CPAC. Before his speech, he has a working lunch with the Hungarian president. The two are known to have a good relationship.

Themes for the other speeches and panel discussions at the conference include Wokebusters, Sovereignty Lives, Globalism is Dying, and Save the West, Protect the Borders. Other speakers include Irakli Kobakhidze, the Georgen Prime Minister who wants to designate critical media and activists as “foreign agents,” Tom Van Grieken, the leader of the far-right Belgian party Vlaams Belang, and Santiago Abascal, head of the Spanish populist party Vox.

Most established international media are not welcome at the conference. NOS was told that it couldn’t attend because CPAC is a “no woke zone.” The Flemish public broadcaster VRT got the same message: “Hopefully, we can welcome you in the future when your organization has become considerably less woke.”

Wilders and his PVV are currently negotiating to form the next Dutch government with the VVD, NSC, and BBB. VVD leader Dilan Yeşilgöz did not want to comment on Wilders' participation in CPAC. She told ANP that parties “must retain their own color and be able to do their own thing” and that the VVD will wait and “see what he says there.”