Corrupt Orban has gone mad, but one day the Hungarian people will understand this, says MEP

One day the Hungarian people will understand that the government has corrupted Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, and a democratic solution will be found for the current situation, believes MEP Riho Terras (Fatherland).

Hungary's contradictory positions, including on aid to Ukraine, its relations with the Russian authorities and doubts about the functioning of the Hungarian justice system, have led other EU countries to refuse to meet with Prime Minister Orbán, who was also sharply criticized by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during the debate in the European Parliament, during Hungary's EU Council Presidency.

According to Terras, there is nothing surprising about this.

–Orban is a clear sycophant of President [the leader of the rashists Vladimir. – Ed.] Putin and in all his actions he is guided by instructions from Russia. How did he come to power – the Social Democratic government in Hungary was so corrupt that the people were driven to white heat, and he was elected by a majority of votes. Over time, his government corrupted him, and he went crazy. But one day the Hungarian people will understand this. Now in the European People's Party there are Hungarian MEPs who were in his party, but now during the debates they very clearly spoke out against Orban's actions. Everything is already falling apart there, and one day a democratic solution will be found there,” Terras said during the debate of MEPs on the Esimene stuudio program on the ETV channel.

Jüri Ratas (Homeland) noted that, in his opinion, von der Leyen did not infringe on Orbán by criticizing him. “Value principles emerged well during the debate. I really liked Ursula von der Leyen's statement that we do not share such a value space,” Ratas said.

According to Urmas Paet (Reform Party), there are enough problems with the current Hungarian government, ranging from violations of the rule of law to Hungary's departure from the EU's common foreign and security policy and its sympathies for Russia and China.

–The question is what to do in this situation, because the European Union was created with the expectation that all countries would follow the same principles. Now that there are problems with one government, there is no good solution, because there is no mechanism to exclude one country. Many important decisions require consensus. Even if you call one country to order, everyone needs to agree. But if you look at 27 countries, there is no certainty that everyone will agree if it comes to depriving Hungary of its voting rights, – Paet expressed his position. – For six months there has been stagnation, with no progress on the issues that the presidency (Hungary – editor's note) was dealing with. Everyone is waiting for January 1, when it (the presidency – editor's note) will pass to Poland. It was a waste of time (Hungary's presidency of the EU Council – editor's note).

Jaak Madison (Centre Party) said he sympathised with Orban's views on illegal immigration and the protection of the EU's external borders.

–These are very correct positions, and if we look at the migration policy of Germany and Poland today, they are pursuing the same policy as Hungary did in 2015, – Madison noted, adding that Orban's policy towards Russia and China is not only unattractive, but also dangerous. – But to give in to emotions, as many did during the debates in the European Parliament, is like men fighting in front of a store, I'm sorry! Whether we like it or not, we are talking about an elected prime minister. To say that there were no democratic elections in Hungary, to attack Orban like this, when the topic was not the priorities of the presidency. The majority of members of parliament behaved boorishly. Let's look at the topic by topic. Of course, security is a priority issue, and Hungary has deviated in the other direction, to our regret.”

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According to Sven Mikser (Social Democratic Party), the problems related to Hungary are fundamental questions for the European Union, since they concern the EU's founding principles.

"I disagree with Jaak Madison that everything should be divided into separate topics, one to praise and another to condemn. In fact, these issues are interconnected. In Hungary, there are problems with freedom of speech, freedom of the media, the rule of law, and corruption. In the case of Ukraine, where Hungary is one of the main blockers of consensus in the European Union, there is a struggle between liberal democracy on the one hand and totalitarian autocracy on the other. In this confrontation, Orban is clearly not on the side of liberal democracy. This is not an accident," Mikser said.

According to Jana Toom (Centre Party), there is no hope that the rest of the European Union will be able to find a consensus against Hungary.

“There is no consensus and there will not be, because this requires unanimity, and Hungary always finds an ally,” she stated.

Toom said that, unlike Madison, she does not support Orban's migration policy, but that is not the most important thing.

–In fact, Orban's behavior in foreign policy should not surprise anyone. Look what he did with Russian gas, it's an amazing trick – Ukraine imposes sanctions, says that Russian gas will no longer pass through its territory, but Hungarian gas will, but they cunningly agreed with Ukraine that the gas will change owners right at the border. Hungary is still sitting at the end of the Russian gas pipeline, and everything is fine,&rdash; Toom said.

As you know, in September 2017, Hungary sharply criticized the law “On Education” adopted by the Ukrainian parliament. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that Ukraine stabbed Hungary in the back.

The 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 of External 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