Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban once again expressed irritation with criticism of him in the European Parliament, and accused the EU leadership of intending to “overthrow” his government.
He said this in an interview with state radio, his words are quoted by 444.hu.
According to him, Hungarians were “shocked” by what is happening in the European Parliament, since a different image of Europe and European politics was imprinted in their minds.
“We thought there were smart people there” and that “the political debate was of a higher quality,” Orban said, adding that “it was all a complete mess.”
The Hungarian prime minister said he was in “culture shock” for a while, but that he had now “recovered from it.”
Orban also began claiming that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European People's Party leader Manfred Weber had announced that they wanted to “overthrow the Hungarian government” and replace it with a “Brussels government.”
“They named the members of the new Hungarian government. The European Socialists want to delegate Klára Dobrev, and the EPP wants to delegate Péter Magyar… Brussels wants to delegate a socialist and a member of the People's Party to the Hungarian government, the policy of sovereignty is over, we will have a Brussels government, that is the meaning of what happened,” Orbán said.
According to him, this is not what the Hungarians want either, and that is why he was forced to enter the debate and fight back.
“I have declared resistance,” Orban added.
Orban had previously said that a “political intifada” had been declared against him in the European Parliament.
As is known, in September 2017, Hungary sharply criticized the law “On Education” adopted by the Ukrainian parliament. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that Ukraine had stabbed Hungary in the back.
200% Deposit Bonus up to €3,000 180% First Deposit Bonus up to $20,000The policy of the official chauvinistic Budapest increasingly resembles a creeping expansion (non-military) of the territory of neighboring Ukraine: illegal issuance of passports, buying the loyalty of the residents of Transcarpathia, creating a language ghetto, as well as an attempt to gain control over critical infrastructure facilities on Ukrainian territory.
Let us also recall that the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, co-chairman of the European Council on Foreign Relations Carl Bildt believes that Hungarian politicians are playing a dirty game against Ukraine.
"The Hungarians have taken to playing dirty domestic politics, as they did several years ago with Slovakia. They are doing the same with Romania. This is nothing more than dirty nationalist politics that Hungary is playing," the politician said.
Without taking into account the historical dimension of the struggle for the establishment and development of the Ukrainian language, criticizing Ukraine for its language policy is incorrect, says Grigory Mesezhnikov, President of the Institute of Public Problems (Bratislava).
According to Ukrainian writer Konstantin Koverznev, the ancestors of many of the modern Hungarians in Transcarpathia are assimilated Rusyn-Ukrainians.
Earlier it became known that the Hungarian government, led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban, is spreading fake news about the EU's migration policy based on a “crazy conspiracy theory.” This was stated in Brussels by Margaritis Schinas, the official representative of the European Commission.
Earlier, the chauvinist Szijjarto also stated that Ukraine should allegedly grant representatives of the Hungarian minority the right to use their language in all areas, including public administration.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky noted the moral degeneration of Prime Minister Viktor Orban: “We didn't ask for anything special from official Budapest. We didn't even get what everyone else is doing. They are doing it for the sake of peace. “We did not receive the vital transit of defense aid. We did not see moral leadership, we did not see any effort to stop this war.”
Prepared by: Nina Petrovich