FM Szijjártó: Hungarian government most sovereign in Europe
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Hungary’s government has the strongest legitimacy in Europe, enabling it to conduct the most sovereign foreign policy in the continent and focus exclusively on national interests, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said at a festival in western Hungary, on Saturday.
There is great uncertainty in world politics but despite this, Hungarian foreign policy’s scope is broad, determined by geography and national aims, with the government able to look at these solely from its own standpoint, the ministry cited Szijjártó as saying at the Tranzit Festival held in Tihany.
Hungarians who elected the government voted for guaranteed security and for national interests to be enforced in the “new world order”, he said.
Its policies are also morally justified, as the government has never taken steps to prolong the war and has not contributed to a single death, he said.
“The legitimacy of Hungarian foreign policy is unique in Europe, simply because the Hungarian government has the strongest mandate in Europe,” he said.
Szijjártó slammed the EU for being dragged into a “spiral of sanctions” against Russia. “We are having trouble finding a sector isn’t subject to sanctions yet.” Sanctions against Russia are harming the EU and not bringing the end of the war closer, he added.
He also condemned weapon deliveries, saying they only caused more deaths and a risk of escalation.
The financial, migration and health-care crises of the past decade, along with the war in Ukraine, have upended the previous global state of affairs, and are likely to bring about an era of “unrest, jostling and a fight for position” in international politics, he said.
The elections of the past years have shown attempts to influence the results against every party that does not represent the globalist liberal side, he said. “The only country where those attemps failed is Hungary,” he said.
Meanwhile, the EU’s competitiveness has plummeted, and it’s losing out because “it has let itself be provoked into a race with the US for who gives more military support to Ukraine,” he said.
Our Politicians can be really confusing. Are the Brits not the most “Sovereign Nation” in Europe?
I am lost, now!
What Hungarians believe anymore the triumphalist rhetoric they hear from Fidesz politicians as they lead increasingly difficult lives? The best line which was an inadvertent slip by Orban was to ask young people to choose build a homeland over pursuing a more comfortable life in the West. Everyone knows that life in Hungary is difficult and Fidesz instead of bringing the country closer to the West is pulling Hungary further away. Bleak future.
@Larry – please !
Our Politicians just need another 10 years in power! It will all be worth it in the end… Yes. Really.