Hungary will not support Ukraine’s EU or NATO membership

Hungary will not support Ukraine’s integration into the European Union or NATO until the Hungarian ethnic minority’s rights in the country are fully restored, the state secretary for bilateral relations told public news channel M1 on Wednesday.

Tamás Menczer said that the Hungarian minorities’ rights to use their mother tongue in Ukraine had been steadily reduced since 2015. Hungary will continue to block the country’s integration to the EU and NATO until those acquired rights have been restored, he added.

Meanwhile, conflict between NATO and Russia, a nuclear power, should be avoided at any cost “as that would be tantamount to the third world war”, Menczer said.

By the end of 2023, Hungary will have become one of the nine NATO member states to raise defence spending to 2 percent of GDP a year ahead of the NATO’s deadline, proving to be a reliable ally, he said.

Regarding Finland’s decision to join an EU lawsuit against Hungary’s child protection law, Menczer said Hungary had intended to build bilateral relations based on mutual respect. Hungary supported Finland’s NATO accession, he noted. Finland’s move to join the lawsuit against the law amendments, which the EU sees as discriminatory against the LGBTQ community, shows that “our Finnish friends have much to learn in matters of honour,” he said. “Begging until we reach our goal and then turning our backs is not how honourable people behave…”, Menczer said.

The government will protect Hungarian children, regardless of the number of states joining the lawsuit, he said.

Regarding the Swedish application to NATO, “the discussion is still ongoing,” he said. “We are still waiting for a few reassuring statements and gestures from [Sweden] on mutual respect as the baseline of the cooperation within the alliance.”

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7 Comments

Norbert says:

06/04/2023 at 13:41

Ehhh … As I’ve been pointing out since our Politicians started this whole NATO Finland yes / Sweden no began:

Finland has similar if not the same positions regarding Hungary – and have been vocal and acting (EU Council Presidency of 2019, anyone).

Hopefully reality won’t catch up with us if Mr. Erdogan loses the election and the Turks approve Sweden before we do.

Roaring Mighty Mouse! Everyone’s favourite at any party …
A Horvath says:

06/04/2023 at 18:01

As soon as Hungary voted for Finland’s application for NATO membership, Finland sued Hungary over “human rights” issues.
mariavontheresa says:

06/04/2023 at 19:23

Good decision. A Horvath is right. Finland cannot be trusted.
ostanus says:

06/04/2023 at 19:24

No “A Horvath”, Finland did not “sue Hungary”. Please stop spreading lies.
Finland joined the other 11 EU memeber countries in support of the European Commission´s lawsuit against Hungary´s homophobic laws.
And may I remind AGAIN that NATO has nothing do with EU law.
Observer says:

06/04/2023 at 21:35

I don’t understand how Hungary could trust in a country like Finland. The funny thing is that I said. “Don’t allow Finland to join NATO because they are just using us, they will betray us at the first opportunity. So that’s it. Faster than I expected but very accurate. Finland is the most racist county in the world and is not example of anything. They always tell that Swedish men are gay and crack jokes around but no one is talking about it. Finland is full of sick and drunk people and behave like they are the best ones. Finland go to hell! Pathetic country.
ostanus says:

07/04/2023 at 10:29

Relax troll and have a beer.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/finnish-brewery-launches-nato-beer-mark-membership-application-2022-05-20/

Oh wait, its sold out. Those damn sick drunk Finns drank it all.
Observer says:

08/04/2023 at 17:07

Remember to save a can of beer so I can celebrate when Russia takes Finland back. If I were you, I would start studying Russian, your time is coming.