The European Union and the Belgian presidency of the Council of the EU must consider achieving a ceasefire and peace talks resulting in a lasting and fair peace in Ukraine a priority, the head of ruling Fidesz’s group in the European Parliament said on Tuesday.
Kinga Gál told Hungarian journalists after a debate on the Belgian presidency’s programme and help for Ukraine that financial support for Ukraine was important but it was necessary to clarify first how much money had been spent on the war already and how this support had been used.
Hungary would not support the plan to take out a joint EU loan for helping Ukraine, she said. “The situation involving a prolonged war makes it difficult to plan ahead for four years; it is difficult to tell what type of financing Ukraine will need,” she said. It would be important to review the support annually, and European leaders should discuss this proposal at the extraordinary meeting to be held on Feb 1, she added.
Fundamental changes are needed
The Belgian presidency should return to the discussion of “Brussels’ forced and faulty migration pact” because the consequences of Europe’s migration policy “are now suffered by innocent people in the streets of western Europe, while anti-Semitism is growing stronger,” she said.
“Fundamental changes are needed to stop illegal migration at the external borders,” she said. “Member states that protect external borders should receive financial support from Brussels,” she added.
She called for an end to “double standards concerning the rule of law in EU decision-making”. She said it was unacceptable that Hungary was regularly targeted while “Brussels has been deeply silent for weeks about violations of the law in Warsaw.”
She expressed hope that the EP elections in June would bring about change and “the sovereigntist side can finally put an end to Brussels’ hypocrisy”.
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Well. Let’s talk about the Polish situation. I believe Mr. tusk is actually trying to remedy the findings concerning the Rule of Law:
https://commission.europa.eu/system/files/2023-07/48_1_52627_coun_chap_poland_en.pdf
I wonder if Mrs. Gál bothered to read the report? Or the Hungarian one. Lots of fun stuff, for which we are “targeted”. So unfair! Just give us our EU funding! She has been career-Politician-filling her pockets in Brussels since Hungary joined the EU, so she should be keenly aware of the flow of honey.
Lastly – Hungary’s track record on stopping people at the border:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/23/hungary-releases-over-1400-jailed-people-smugglers
Oh. Our Politicians let them go. Law and Order for you.
Let’s be clear. When Hungarian government figures talke about ‘ceasefire’ they mean ‘Ukraine needs to surrender’ (in other words Mariupol and Bucha across the entire country).
Ukraine has negotiated many ceasefires with russia since 2014 and russia has broken every single one.
What needs to happen is russia, the sole aggressor, needs to get out of Ukraine.
For Hungarians to make any other claim is wrong and/or immoral.
Fidesz is a party of Russophiles who work for Putin. They betray Hungary and Europe.