“Hungarian leader Orban looks increasingly isolated —his pro-Putin stance has cost him most of his allies in the EU; the bloc could end up blocking all funds. And, there are protests at home for the first time in years.”
No, it’s not. And even if it is, what comes after him? Over half of the country voted for this moron, so over half of the country is perfectly fine with Orbán’s model and his anti-EU politics. Next one could be even worse. Hungary is a mini-Russia within the EU. We shouldn’t want that.
Don’t get me wrong, I hope things will change for the better in Hungary, I really do. But I just don’t see it happening. Orbán ruined too much to get back to normal soon again.
“Unlike all the other governments in the EU, Orban and his government have yet to unequivocally condemn Russia’s war against Ukraine. Moreover, by wildly distorting the facts, Orban seems to believe that it is the West that is actually responsible for the war.
Just a few days ago, he said in a speech that it was perhaps time for Western Europe to understand that the goal should not be to win a war against Russia but to finally achieve peace.
He has repeatedly accused the EU of financing war rather than peace, saying that there are “business circles” at work in the West who are “warmongers,” symbolized by US billionaire George Soros. He has also spoken out against the EU sanctions imposed on Russia. The Hungarian government also successfully vetoed an EU attempt to slap sanctions on Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, who has glorified war crimes.”
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“Hungarian leader Orban looks increasingly isolated —his pro-Putin stance has cost him most of his allies in the EU; the bloc could end up blocking all funds. And, there are protests at home for the first time in years.”
No, it’s not. And even if it is, what comes after him? Over half of the country voted for this moron, so over half of the country is perfectly fine with Orbán’s model and his anti-EU politics. Next one could be even worse. Hungary is a mini-Russia within the EU. We shouldn’t want that.
Don’t get me wrong, I hope things will change for the better in Hungary, I really do. But I just don’t see it happening. Orbán ruined too much to get back to normal soon again.
without the EU enforcing television time and columns in local news papers for themselves nothing will change. local media in hungary is almost fully in orbans hands – they dont even report about the mass protests in budapest and in case they do, they do it in an anti-protest way. [https://www-origo-hu.translate.goog/itthon/20220718-parszaz-tunteto-meg-akarja-akadalyozni-hogy-hetfo-reggel-az-emberek-munkaba-menjenek-budapesten.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de](https://www-origo-hu.translate.goog/itthon/20220718-parszaz-tunteto-meg-akarja-akadalyozni-hogy-hetfo-reggel-az-emberek-munkaba-menjenek-budapesten.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de)
“Unlike all the other governments in the EU, Orban and his government have yet to unequivocally condemn Russia’s war against Ukraine. Moreover, by wildly distorting the facts, Orban seems to believe that it is the West that is actually responsible for the war.
Just a few days ago, he said in a speech that it was perhaps time for Western Europe to understand that the goal should not be to win a war against Russia but to finally achieve peace.
He has repeatedly accused the EU of financing war rather than peace, saying that there are “business circles” at work in the West who are “warmongers,” symbolized by US billionaire George Soros. He has also spoken out against the EU sanctions imposed on Russia. The Hungarian government also successfully vetoed an EU attempt to slap sanctions on Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, who has glorified war crimes.”
I don’t think so
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