Macron supports Orbán: his meeting with Putin may become handy

Macron believes it may become handy that PM Viktor Orbán met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing two weeks ago. The Hungarian prime minister told NATO and EU leaders that the talk could not be evaded. Meanwhile, President Macron showed support towards Orbán. That is another sign of a stabilising France-Hungary cooperation in the European Union and NATO.

We wrote HERE that Hungary sends a lot of support to Chad, one of the world’s poorest countries where a Macron-ally antidemocratic regime is in power. That is unique in that region because most local rulers there turned towards Russia or China recently. The Hungary-Chad cooperation can be a sign of the forming of France-Hungary friendship.

Furthermore, HERE we wrote that Germany seems to have started to neglect Hungary. Their chancellor did not show enough respect for Orbán, so the Hungarian prime minister sought new allies in Europe.

Another sign of the France-Hungary cooperation may be Marcon’s reaction to the Hungarian prime minister’s bilateral discussion with Russian President Putin in Beijing.

Xavier Bettel, the prime minister of Luxemburg, said after the meeting that Orbán’s talk with Putin was showing a middle finger to all those who fight and die against the invading Russian forces, telex.hu wrote. Moreover, the Estonian and the Lithuanian presidents criticised Orbán for talking with Putin.

Macron defended Orbán’s meeting with Putin

The Lithuanian president said Orbán’s meeting with Putin carried a bad message to Ukraine and the international community. Meanwhile, the Estonian Prime Minister, Kaja Kallas, said that she would not like to be in a photo with Putin, who she called a war criminal. She said nobody should make Orbán apologise. She added Orbán said wrong things but did the right ones up until now. “So we were fine”. For example, he criticised Ukraine’s support but took part in it. She hoped that will continue.

Meanwhile, Macron said he was not shocked after hearing the news. “There’s absolutely no need to prohibit a head of state or government from going in one direction or another”, he added. He added that he thinks it could be useful, “who knows, at some point.”

He only demanded that such talks not weaken European unity and the heads and prime ministers of the states should coordinate with EU and NATO allies before, The Guardian wrote. And that is what Orbán did before the meeting.

Considering Hungary’s EU membership, he said Brussels did not invade Hungary. “Hungary made a sovereign decision to join our Europe. It has benefited greatly from this and has benefited from it since it joined. And the Hungarian people have had a much better life since they joined our Europe, but it was a sovereign choice,” he said.

We wrote HERE that the wealthiest Hungarian and a university professor both think there is an increasing chance for a Huxit in the next 5-10 years.