Govt official: Germany ‘has no moral basis’ to accuse Hungary of anti-Semitism
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Germany “has no moral basis” to speak of anti-Semitism in connection with Hungary “especially when it does so as a political attack”, foreign ministry state secretary Levente Magyar told a press conference on Monday. Justice minister Judit Varga added that the government has taken effective steps against anti-Semitism.
Commenting on a meeting with the German ambassador to Hungary after Germany’s Minister of State for Europe accused Hungary of tolerating anti-Semitism, Magyar said that he had told the ambassador that the remarks made by Michael Roth against Hungary were
“unacceptable” and “politically motivated”.
Magyar said that although Hungarian-German relations were based on mutual respect, “there is a staunch anti-Hungarian grouping within the German government whose fanatical flag-bearer is Roth; it attacks Hungary, and with it the Hungarian-German relationship as a whole, on a regular basis.”
Hungary is interested in maintaining its “excellent” ties with Germany and will work to prevent “the Social Democrat anti-Hungarian wing of the German government” from
disrupting bilateral relations,
Magyar said.
Referring to a Facebook post by Michael Roth, Germany’s Minister of State for Europe, Justice Minister Judit Varga said she had responded to the accusations in an official letter. “The fact is that the Hungarian government has declared zero tolerance for anti-Semitism … unlike other European countries,” she said, accusing Roth of operating “double standards” as well as of “putting pressure on the democratically elected governments of several EU member states” with reference to common European values.
It is common around the world not just in North America and Europe for a cabal to marginalize and demean a country or its people by called them “racist”, “anti-semitic”, or even “Nazi”. It is devoid of thought and always devoid of facts. But the press picks it up and parrots it ….
Well said, DB.