Fidesz MEP slams EP resolution on concerns over Hungary

Fidesz MEP Balázs Hidvéghi said on Thursday that the “pro-war, left-wing members of the European Parliament cannot accept that Hungary stands by peace and rejects incitement to war”, in response to the adoption by MEPs of a resolution condemning Hungary.

Speaking to Hungarian journalists after the vote, Hidvéghi said that because its pro-peace position pressure on Hungary was continuing and intensifying in Brussels.

Hidvéghi said Hungary’s left-wing MEPs had played an active role in the legislative body stepping up the pressure on Hungary, arguing that they had sponsored, supported and voted for the resolution.

He noted that, according to the resolution adopted on Thursday, the European Parliament would strip Hungary of the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union the country is due to hold in the second half of 2024. This, Hidvéghi said, “is a gross violation of the effective EU treaties, which proves that if there is a rule of law and corruption problem, it is here in Brussels, and not in Budapest”.

He said it was an “interesting addendum to all this” that the resolution had also been supported by Socialist MEP Marc Tarabella, who was linked to the “Brussels corruption scandal” and had “only been released from prison a few days ago”.

“It’s shameful that the Hungarian left-wing MEPs who keep losing elections at home are working actively in Brussels to prevent the Hungarian people from getting the EU funds they are entitled to,” he said.

The “Hungarian dollar left” would be prepared to drag Hungary into the war in exchange for funding to be received from abroad, he said, adding that Hungary was sticking to its pro-peace position.

“We, the representatives of Fidesz-KDNP in the European Parliament reject the incitement to war and vote for peace,” Hidvéghi said. “We will also preserve peace and security in Hungary at the government level, and won’t let ourselves be dragged into this conflict.”