MEP Gyöngyösi: What are the greatest challenges for the EU? – VIDEO

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Hungarian MEP Márton Gyöngyösi (Non-Attached Member of the European Parliament) shares his views on challenges for the EU.

“Let’s make it clear: the European Union has never been as strong and united as it is now. Fortunately, we are not facing anything like an “age of threats”. What we do face are a few challenges the EU must respond to. This is not an impossible mission, but it largely depends on what kind of leaders we choose in the European parliamentary elections on 9th June.

The biggest challenge for the EU is to guarantee the security of the European Union, including our homeland. Russia made no secret how it would attach the eastern EU member states, including Hungary, to its own sphere of influence if it succeeded in Ukraine. It’s the EU’s job to prevent Russia’s expansion so that we don’t end up on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain again.

To that end, we must seriously consider deepening the military and defence cooperation of EU member states, and lay down the foundations for a joint army. Russia is a large military force and, each on our own, we are small, no matter how heroic we are.

The other great challenge for the EU comes from within: certain politicians are quite busy trying to eliminate the European way of life. On the one side, we have the pro-Russia right wing politicians who want to dismantle the EU so that they could expose us to Russia or China, deprive us of our freedom and turn us into cheap slaves in our own homeland. On the other side, we have the social engineering greens who would destroy Europe by downgrading European industries and revoking our right to free movement, thus ultimately making way for Asian dictatorships, too.

I believe the EU should remain such a community that can ensure our freedom and security while protecting our European way of life.”

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