According to telex.hu, a Hungarian left-leaning media outlet, Call Express started to measure the popularity of Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky, Hungary’s foreign minister.
Based on their article, Call Express tries to discover the Hungarians’ attitudes towards the defence minister. They ask what comes first to one’s mind when hearing his name or whether they follow Szalay-Bobrovniczky on social media.
Parallelly, another phone polling is underway concerning Katalin Novák and his presidential pardon scandal. We wrote about the scandal in THIS article.
Are the two connected? Can it happen that PM Orbán replaces Hungary’s first female president with his defence minister? Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky does not seem to be too popular in Hungary. Last year, he fired lots of high-ranking military officials. Before the start of his political career in London as Hungary’s ambassador, he was a business partner of Árpád Habony, majority owner of government-close Századvég and an operator of Andy Vajna’s casino empire. In an interview, he referred to himself as a fellow of Mr Habony, one of the most influential Orbán advisors.
Hungary, Slovak defence ministers call for ceasefire in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine must be ended through a ceasefire and peace talks, the Hungarian defence minister said, after meeting his Slovak counterpart on Friday.
Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky and Robert Kalinak visited Tata, in northern Hungary, and inspected new equipment of the 1st Armoured Brigade and a simulation centre used in training there.
Szalay-Bobrovniczky said he and Kalinak agreed in their assessment of the war in Ukraine.
Slovakia and Hungary are both members of the European Union and NATO, as well as neighbours “with a shared history and values, in strategic partnership”, he said.
Hungary is also securing the Slovak airspace until that country takes delivery of recently ordered fighter jets, he added.
After a demonstration of military equipment, Szalay-Bobrovniczky noted that some of the equipment is being manufactured in Hungary, “which allows for cooperation with Slovakia”.
Deputy Prime Minister Kalinak, who also serves as defence minister, said “it is not right that the European Union should allow only one opinion.”
Prolonging the conflict would benefit no one, Kalinak said. “We need peace and calm so we can focus on developing our own countries,” he added.
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This possible is the TIME, it will be another chapter, in what will be a fascinating read in a Biography, the life especially the Political life of Victor Orban current Prime Minister of Hungary.
Victor Orban is under personally gargantuan pressure, fighting desperately for his Political life, that not a day seems to pass, that his name is NOT mentioned embroiled in some Hungarian or matters CONTROVERSY – that are of need that he answer for his personal being and reputation.
The “Zenith” of needs for Orban to answer are reply’s he MUST as the representative, the appointed individual in his position – the 9.6 million Hungarians – as the current Prime Minister of Hungary.
Brussels – the European Union. in particular, when an envelope “lands” on his desk, he must rightfully SHUDDER.
This time, remembering in ALL probability he “signed off” with the current President of Hungary – Katalin Novak, his authority to PARDON, the named individual in this Pardoning catastrophe.
Orban would have NO judicial answer in Defence other than YES, to at least – did you HAVE knowledge ?
We near, if not arrived to place Victor Orban in personally a position that is “Besieged”.
Does Victor Orban – he of his own doing, of “saving face and reputation” – remove & replace the present President of Hungary ?
Will the present Prime Minister of Hungary become a “Sacrificial Lamb” ?
Does Victor Orban, in a practice of DEMOCRACY, go before the citizens of Hungary and admit say to US – that I – as your Prime Minister have LISTENED to You, and will act upon and for you, in the interest image of Hungary, and ask for the resignation of the President – Katalin Novak ???
Don’t THINK so – that’s not in the DNA of Victor Orban.
Victor Orban – is in a No Win situation on this Pardoning matter.
Whatever decision he makes, comments he makes, changes in Law, he HIGHTAILS through Parliament – it just adds to the growing numbers of personal matters – that Victor Orban adds to his SMASHED Political image, in Hungary, in the European Union, in Europe and Globally country’s that are Governed and Ruled under DEMOCRACY.