Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban | Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/AFP via Getty Images Orbán: We stopped ‘ideological guerrillas’ getting top EU jobs In a speech in Transylvania, the Hungarian PM pushed back against criticism of his country from Brussels.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said he played a key role in stopping "ideological guerrillas" from getting top jobs in the EU and instead having "a mother of seven children" named head of the European Commission.

Orbán's comments came during a lengthy speech in the Romanian town of Băile Tușnad, which has a large Hungarian minority (Orbán gives a big speech in Romania every summer).

He said Hungary is on a "reassuring path," both financially and socially, but this was under threat from "external dangers," according to Zoltan Kovacs, Orbán's spokesman, who live-tweeted the speech.

One of the main dangers "would have been the selection of inappropriate people for the positions of leadership on Europe," Orbán said.

"We prevented the ideological gorillas [Kovacs later said he meant to tweet the word "guerrillas" instead] from taking up important positions," he said, referencing Manfred Weber of the center-right and Frans Timmermans of the center-left, but without mentioning them by name. Orbán initially supported Weber's candidacy but changed his stance after Weber pledged not to accept the position of Commission president if his success depended on the support of Hungary's ruling Fidesz party.

The Hungarian PM added: "And to the head of the Commission, we elected a mother of seven children," referring to Ursula von der Leyen, Germany's former defense minister.

Orbán also accused the Commission of making "political attacks against member states." He said "successful economies" like Poland and the Czech Republic should not be attacked but supported.

He also returned to a familiar theme: migration.

"In place of migration, we should be giving financial assistance to European families so that they will have more children," he said.

Orbán's Fidesz was suspended from the European People's Party as a result of growing concerns about the government's moves to undermine independent institutions, as well as a state-funded campaign against European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, a senior member of the EPP.

Following a similar method used by the Romanian government, the Hungarian prime minister accused the EU of double standards in its criticism of rule of law developments.

He referred to Finland, which currently holds the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU, pointing out the country does not have a constitutional court. Instead, the protection of the constitution is overseen by a special committee of MPs.

Orbán used a significant chunk of his speech advocating in favor of illiberalism.

"In the liberal system, the rule is that everything is allowed that does not harm the freedom of the other," he said. "What we have here [in Hungary] follows a different compass. What you would not have others do to you, do not do to others."

He also said "opponents hate us" because "liberals created an understanding of that word [illiberal] as if it refers to backsliding democracy."