Orbán cabinet: EU proposal to confiscate frozen Russian assets “crosses every red line”
The “unprecedented” EU proposal to confiscate frozen Russian assets “crosses every red line”, Zoltán Kovács, state secretary for international communication and relations, said on Monday.
19 failed sanctions packages against Russia
The proposal, to be discussed at an EU summit set for 18 December, “disregards” Belgium’s position and ignores the limits on its own powers, Kovács said on the Truth Hour podcast.
Speaking of the EU’s overreach, he cited the Belgian ambassador as recently saying that the EU institutions would “soon come to a point of no return”.
“After 19 failed sanctions packages, EU leaders have yet to reach the conclusion that this is not the political solution and sanctions have hurt central European countries the most,” Kovács said. He also questioned why starting a war was not a war crime. If it were, western Europe would be in serious trouble,” he added.
UK spearheading Russophobia
Kovács blamed the UK for spearheading Russophobia, adding that the Coalition of the Willing comprised European leaders such as French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz whose support was “catastrophically low”.
Regarding domestic politics, Kovács dismissed Tisza’s “illusion of momentum”, and he mocked the party’s “left-wing austerity plans” and “misleading polls”, arguing Fidesz’s 15 years of family support, housing aid, flat taxes and other policies had delivered “for everyone”.
Addressing Tisza politician Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi’s suggestion that Hungarians abroad should receive funding for returning home to vote in the spring election, Kovács called it “a clear breach of electoral rules”.
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