Minister Bóka: 2023 ‘year of failures’ for European Union
On Monday, 2023 was “a year of failures” for the European Union, Hungary’s minister for EU affairs said on Facebook.
János Bóka said the EU had “failed to take a constructive role in restoring peace and security in Europe . Brussels supports war and will do everything to get Europe directly involved in the conflict.”
The EU has also failed “to provide substantive assistance to its members in restarting their economies after the crisis and reinforcing the community’s global competitiveness,” Bóka said.
The EU has not managed to stop illegal migration and failed to help member states protect the external borders, Bóka said, adding that “Brussels abandoned European farmers and took sides with Ukrainian oligarchs.”
“Brussels has done nothing to fight corruption and conflicts of interest within the EU institutions, but it uses (restriction of) access to community funding to exert direct political pressure,” the minister said.
But, Bóka said, referring to the upcoming European parliamentary elections, 2024 “could be a year for change.”
The community calls for change “to make Brussels support peace rather than war, to focus on connectivity and competitiveness instead of economic isolation and unreasonable central planning,” Bóka said. He also suggested the EU should “only allow those to enter who have an authorisation and ensure fair conditions for European farmers as well as sovereignty to the EU in terms of food supplies. “Access to EU funds should not be a tool to exert political pressure,” he added.
Bóka said the upcoming Hungarian European Union presidency would work to promote those goals.
As we wrote today, with its affordable workforce, Hungary attracts international companies. Yet, while assembly plants provide jobs for Hungarians, the country may not reap significant benefits from these setups. Details HERE.
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Considering that Hungary for 2023 had the second lowest standard of living in the EU and the highest number of Hungarians emigrating since records were kept Boka needs to be told that 2023 was a year of failures for Fidesz. This nightmare government can’t leave soon enough.
Totally. One wonders about the purpose, direction, and point of the E.U. Yes, freedom of movement of goods, services, people, and capital is great, but achieving that doesn’t require an overbearing, bullying, massively bureaucratic, hopelessly corrupt wannabe superstate. The E.U. needs to be rolled back before it implodes like the U.S.S.R. or, worse, explodes like Yugoslavia.