Gyurcsány: Orbán must rethink approach to EU in wake of Brexit
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Budapest, June 25 (MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has to rethink his approach to the European Union in light of Britain’s decision to quit the bloc, Ferenc Gyurcsány, leader of the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition, said on Saturday.
Orbán should consider if it is really worth weakening already frail European unity by pursuing anti-refugee policies “for the sake of an extra few hundred thousand votes”, Gyurcsány said at a session of the Community of Democratic Representatives, an organisation within his party.
Commenting on Brexit, the former prime minister warned against the danger of “conflating politics with history”, saying that politicians who do this may end up winning elections but at the cost of “losing the country”. “This is the big lesson to be learned from Brexit,” he said.
He said it was important to be able to distinguish party political, election and national interests. Within a single day, Britain found itself on the verge of falling apart, simply because Prime Minister David Cameron wanted to increase his popularity by 2-3 percent, Gyurcsány said.
It is evident that Mr Gurcsany does not understand what has taken place in the UK.
The Tories under David Cameron said he would re negotiate with the EU due to pressure from the small party UKIP (anti EU) which was gaining ground and popularity. It did so because the “Great British Public” was not being heard by the majority of politicians who were embarked on legislation not wanted by the public.
So when at last Mr Cameron had tried all things to avoid the Referendum it went to the vote and “Democracy” won the day people turned out in their thousands to vote and Brexit won on a ticket to get rid of the yoke of the EU who were on their own Vanity course to destruction.
What has taken place is an Historical event the UK public have voted for democratic freedom to be able to determine what is good for them rather than some 28 Commissioners who form laws behind locked doors, abetted by their own polititions and cannot be voted out of office by either the public or their elected MEP’s