Fidesz parl group leader: “we are waiting for explanation on Swedish film about Hungary”
The ruling parties’ parliamentary groups have been unable to make a supportive decision on Sweden’s NATO accession as they are waiting for an explanation on the “defamatory” film made on Hungary by Sweden’s public television, Fidesz’s group leader said on Thursday.
Máté Kocsis told a press conference during a break at the two-day meeting of the parties’ parliamentary groups in Esztergom, northern Hungary, that the two parliamentary groups had watched the film, in which “shocking lies” are told. One of Hungary’s “best-known left-wing activists”, Márton Gulyás, also appears in it, but viewers are not informed that he is a political opponent of the current Hungarian governing parties, he added.
The ruling parties’ parliamentary groups are completely baffled, Kocsis added, as to “how the Swedes think that the Hungarian parliament and the two parliamentary groups will enthusiastically support Sweden’s NATO accession after such actions.” “We are waiting for an explanation from the Swedes in the matter”, he said.
Source: MTI
We should actually just cancel our lease! Show those Swedes!
https://www.eurasiantimes.com/gripen-jas-39-fighter-jets-leased-by-sweden-to-hungary-upgrades/
Second thought. Perhaps a little Politician misunderstanding, here. Easy mistake to make, in the Hungarian context.
Let me explain:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_broadcasting for the definition of a “public broadcaster”.
Twitter’s pre-Musk´s stance is illuminating. It used to differentiate between state and government media that are directly controlled by the state or government; and public broadcasters that are not. Twitter previously used the term “state-affiliated media” and defined it as “outlets where the state exercises control over editorial content through financial resources, direct or indirect political pressures, and/or control over production and distribution.” At the same time, “state-financed” editorially independent media (such as Sweden’s public broadcasters) are not considered “state-affiliated”.
Similarly, according to Facebook, state-controlled media are “partially or wholly under the editorial control of a government”.
Again, in Sweden, there is no state control over editorial content of the public broadcaster.
This could be either a long wait, or quite embarrassing!
For more reading and the source of the Twitter / Facebook references above (spoiler, some of it is quite disturbing);
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_media#
This also happens to be one of the issues the EU has with Hungary, so why our Politicians would want to highlight this is beyond me:
https://www.euronews.com/2023/04/21/hungarian-case-shows-the-eu-needs-a-bulletproof-media-freedom-law