Balázs Orbán: Guaranteeing Hungary’s security a priority
Since European leaders are sticking to their “pro-war stance”, the government continues to work to guarantee Hungary’s security and peace, the prime minister’s political director said in Brussels on Thursday.
Speaking to journalists on the last day of an informal European summit, Balázs Orbán said an increasing number of European leaders “are following a pro-war stance, despite the news from the front”, and were working to increase weapon deliveries and military support for Ukraine.
“Hungary still stands alone with its pro-peace stance. The Russia-Ukraine conflict does not have a solution on the battlefield,” he said.
The sooner the parties start negotiating, “the likelier that we can avoid the outbreak of the third world war”, Balázs Orbán said.
At the same time, until European member states complete that “strategic turnaround”, the Hungarian government will continue to work to ensure the peace and safety of the country, he said.
That will involve staying away from war preparations and will not allow Hungary to be dragged into decisions on EU military support… We will ensure that Hungary will not appear to be a part of the conflict…” he said.
A new “less hawkish” European leadership after the 9 June European parliamentary elections would allow more space for pro-peace proposals, Balázs Orbán said.
The political director said the “bad decisions of the past five years” had resulted in Europe’s deteriorating competitiveness. One of the most important priorities of the Hungarian presidency will be to foster a “competitiveness turnaround”, he added.
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This “Third World War” hysteria is a Kremlin propaganda creation to encourage the West to surrender to Russia to avoid such an outcome. Russia issued this nuclear threat from the first day it invaded Ukraine and keeps issuing it on a regular basis. Hungary as Putin’s partner has been amplifying this idea to further Russia’s successful conquest of Ukraine. Russia can wave the nuclear bogeyman again and again every time it wants to take another piece of territory. It’s all about intimidation and that is the mafia way. Ask yourself this question. Have you ever once, just once, heard anyone from Fidesz say that Russia is a security threat? You don’t hear it because Fidesz works for them.