Hungary under attack, Orbán cabinet says
The “Baltic propaganda campaign” against Hungary has been “restarted”, as Baltic states accused the country of putting the security of the Schengen Area at risk by allowing Russian and Belorussian nationals to participate in its National Card programme, the minister of foreign affairs and trade said on Facebook on Tuesday. Furthermore, the Orbán cabinet says Manfred Weber also attacks the Hungarian government and Hungary due to their differences concerning the migration crisis.
Contrary to that “childish lie”, Russian and Belorussian nationals continue to need visas to enter the Schengen Area and can obtain residence permits only through lawful procedures, Péter Szijjártó said.
Meanwhile, issuing residence permits and similar procedures are national competencies, so “Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian authorities have similar rights,” he added. “It would be much better if my colleagues in Baltic countries informed their citizens correctly rather than launching new smear campaigns,” he said.
Weber launches ‘hypocritical attack’ on Hungary, government believes
A recent move by Manfred Weber, leader of the European People’s Party, was “nothing but another hypocritical attack on Hungary by the pro-war liberal European elite,” Zoltán Kovács, the government’s international spokesman said on platform X on Tuesday.
“Yet again, it is Manfred Weber who is attacking the Hungarian government, all the while his government and its political allies have poured millions of illegal migrants into Europe, exposing the continent’s states and the people of Europe to a grave threat to national and public security,” Kovács said.
“This latest attack from Brussels is absurd and hypocritical because it is precisely the Brussels institutions and the
EPP, in alliance with the liberal forces, that are doing everything in their power to ensure that Hungary is forced to dismantle its strict border protection and asylum system, allowing hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants into the country and thus into the European Union,” he said.
“The Hungarian immigration regime is the strictest in the European Union. Guest workers are only allowed entry under a regulated framework, which includes a national security check, and they can stay for a limited period solely for employment purposes,” he said.
Hungary will continue to protect its southern borders and maintain the strictest immigration regime in Europe, Kovács added.
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“All the 25-26 EU members are attacking us. All are liers, bur not us, the pro peace, pro family and pro putin saviors of the world” such a narcissist people you have a government eh?
This ratcheting up of tensions isn’t going to end well at all. No nation state can afford for relations to collapse with ALL of its partners in the most important international organisations it’s a member of. A landlocked country of 10 million simply cannot afford to end up as isolated as the direction of travel would imply. Even if we presuppose there are legitimate reasons for the Hungarian position, the country simply doesn’t have the luxury of destroying friendly relations with all EU and NATO states. Even if some are misguided, ALL Hungarians are voting for a more prosperous, more developed Hungary and this is NOT the way to go about accomplishing this goal. There are clearly fragile and narcissistic egos getting in the way of adult communication which is wholly unacceptable and reflects poorly on the country as a whole. Once trust is gone, it’s very difficult to get it back; you have to work 10 times to rebuild something than to destroy it. It’s no use for Hungary to finger point and level accusations against the rest of the EU while claiming it’s the one in the right and being treated unfairly. 26 versus 1 doesn’t serve as good evidence of Hungary’s claim, nobody will believe the bellyaching, including in excess of 50% of Hungary’s own electorate. Time to change course, before it’s too late and the damage becomes irrepairable within the time horizon of one generation.
You know Szijjarto and Fidesz are desperate when they accuse others of “childish lies.” It’s long past time for the EU to give Fidesz a well-deserved spanking. Buntetés needs to happen and unfortunately the Hungarian fools who have been conned into voting for this mafia regime are going to suffer. Hopefully they will finally realize at some point that it is their government which is to blame for their misfortune.
Under attack. Enemy at the gates! Soros! The Liberal Elites! Deep State! Brussels Bureaucrats! Only our Politicians can save us!
Again???
EU action against Hungarian assistance to Russian infiltration will come – From Euronews: “Russia is a security threat. We need more, not less vigilance. Giving potential Russian spies and saboteurs easy EU access would undermine the security of us all,” said Ylva Johansson, the European Commissioner for Home Affairs. “If their easy access scheme is a risk, we will act.” In a letter addressed to Hungary’s Ministry of Interior, dated 1 August, Johansson questions the fresh changes to the country’s National Card scheme, which simplifies visa procedures and security background checks for “guest workers” in specific sectors.