Since the “pro-war, pro-immigration and pro-gender forces have lost Washington”, Brussels will become the main battleground between them and “the pro-peace forces of the future” once Donald Trump takes office, the communications director of the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrats said on Sunday.
Ever since US President-elect Donald Trump has indicated that he wants to bring an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, the “pro-war Democrats” in the US and “pro-war” politicians in Brussels “have been doing everything they can” to deepen and expand the war in order to make the next US president’s job more difficult, Tamas Menczer said in an interview with public radio.
He argued that in late last year US President Joe Biden and the Democratic administration had authorised Ukraine’s use of American weapons to strike deep into Russian territory which he saw “as a very serious step towards escalation”.
Menczer said the “pro-war, pro-immigration and pro-gender forces” in Washington and Brussels were and would be part of the past, noting, however, that while this faction was on the way out in the US, “they are still here and in the majority” in Brussels. “So, in Brussels, we are the opposition , we, the Patriots; and we represent rebellion.”
“That is where things will be decided, and no one should be under any illusion: their last bastion is Brussels now that they’ve lost Washington,” he said.
Menczer said the “battle between the forces of the past and the future, meaning the pro-war and pro-peace forces”, would be a “difficult and drawn-out battle”. He added, however, that he was convinced that “the future belongs to the pro-peace side” and the “pro-peace alliance” between Trump and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
He said that after losing Washington, the “pro-war forces” would concentrate all their strength in Brussels, adding that everything had become urgent for them.
“They’ve urgently given the order to hold early elections in Hungary, and what do you know, this is exactly what [opposition Tisza Party leader] Peter Magyar and [opposition Democratic Coalition leader] Ferenc Gyurcsany want,” he said, underlining that an early general election was not on the cards.
Menczer said the “pro-war forces” were also rushing to deepen the war in Ukraine and “create an irreversible situation”. He said they also wanted to urgently bring Ukraine into the European Union “or at least as close to it as possible”.
The communications director said the pro-war side also urgently wanted to oust Viktor Orbán and his government “because they present an obstacle”.
Meanwhile, Menczer said “every left-wing opinion poll” was “a lie and manipulation”, adding that “everyone knows” that the opposition parties only had a chance of winning a general election together, and they were already cooperating in the Budapest assembly and Brussels.
As regards EU funds for Hungary, he said there was “fake news” being circulated in the matter. Hungary has 12.5 billion euros on its account, he said, adding that Hungary was again among the most effective member states when it came to the draw-down of EU monies in the current funding cycle as well. The Hungarian prime minister, he said, had successfully negotiated these funds, and would fight for the rest of the funds the country is entitled to as well. “We won’t lose anything and we haven’t lost anything,” he said.
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