Does Hungary still want to be part of the EU? – Foreign Affairs Minister answers
A strong European Union is in Hungary’s interest, but for the bloc to be strong it must embrace change, the minister of foreign affairs and trade said ahead of an annual right-wing event held in Kötcse, in western Hungary, on Saturday.
Noting that 77-78 percent of Hungary’s exports end up in the EU, Szijjártó said it was in Hungary’s interest to be an EU member, though this also applied the other way round. He added that he still backed Hungary’s EU membership.
Referring to a recent meeting of EU foreign ministers in Slovenia, the minister said
it was a matter of concern that the bloc’s largest countries “cannot grasp that giving migrants carte blanche to enter the EU in 2015 caused the bloc its biggest crisis”.
He warned that the same mistake may well be repeated, “although now there are more and more of us who dare to speak out,” he added.
Szijjártó declared the Visegrád Group to be the strongest alliance within the EU “despite attempts to weaken” it.
Meanwhile, answering a question about the recent England-Hungary football match held in Budapest, Szijjártó condemned the racist abuse used by fans, though he said it was “offensive” to tar all Hungarian fans with the same brush.
“There were racist expressions, but passing judgement over 60,000-70,000 people on that basis is absurd,” he said.
Last year’s Kötcse Picnic, which would have been organised for the 20th time, was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Read alsoHungarian Govt extends “state of crisis” due to recent upsurge of illegal migrants
Featured image: MTI/Máthé Zoltán
Source: MTI
Listen to Szijjártó. It is everybodys best interest
The question should rather be: do Europeans want Orbanistan to remain a EU member? My answer is: no, thank you.
Well who was blaming all the supporters were all racist silly really but there is film of fans being racist let alone throwing beer cups on the players of England after scoring a goal, of which an English player picked up and had a drink from one of the cups.
But Hungarians need the EU more than Hungarian politicians in general. Well let the blame game start and the spin doctors spin what was actually said. ?.
Membership works both ways. Tyranny was never part of the deal. Muslims entering the EU have not managed to assimilate. The migration created tribalism in EU countries. Countries with tribalists population never succeeded because tribalism causes discord.
Maria Von Theresa is right. Look what happened to the imperialistic Hapsburg Empire.
You are right!
Many of the EU member states and UK are still in the imperialistic colonizing business. They are dirty. Hungary is clean.