PM Orbán: three major battles have to be fought with Brussels to build a successful Central Europe
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The next decade will offer central Europe “fantastic opportunities”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in Usti nad Labem, in the Czech Republic, following talks with his Czech counterpart Andrej Babis on Wednesday. Speaking at a joint press conference with Babis, Orbán said that while central Europe had earlier been thought to be helpless without Western Europe, it was now the Western European economies that could not do without central Europe. “There is not even a successful German economy without central Europe; central Europe is in fact the locomotive of the EU’s economy,” he said.
The political and economic weight of the region will further increase, but it requires the Visegrad cooperation to continue, he said. Orbán said that in terms of reducing unemployment, the Czech Republic “is one step ahead of us”, adding that Hungary also wanted to have a debt rate as slow as its northern neighbour.
He said his visit today was aimed at strengthening the Czech-Hungarian axis of the Visegrád Four cooperation, arguing that without the Czech Republic’s commitment towards the V4 the group cannot function.
He said his visit today was aimed at strengthening the Czech-Hungarian axis of the Visegrád Four cooperation, arguing that without the Czech Republic’s commitment towards the V4 the group cannot function.
“The Visegrád Group needs the strength and political influence of the Czech Republic,”
Orbán said.
In connection with migration, Orbán said a new, massive wave of migrants could not be avoided with millions of people leaving Afghanistan. Many of them will choose a route through the Balkans and Hungary, he said, adding that Hungary would continue to protect its own borders, as it will also protect Europe. On the topic of Czech-Hungarian economic cooperation, Orbán noted that it had reached record levels. The volume of bilateral trade this year has gone up by 26 percent, Hungary has currently 330 Czech companies as foreign investors employing several thousands of people, he said, adding plans for Hungary to extend cooperation in the areas of telcom, agriculture, energy and defence.
Hungary is ready to work in close, friendly cooperation with the government of Andrej Babis
based on mutual respect in future, Orban said. In reply to a question, Orbán said that the gas purchase agreement Hungary signed with Russia earlier this week is a matter of Hungary’s sovereignty, and Ukraine has nothing to do with it. Hungary is a sovereign state and will purchase gas from whichever country it chooses. “It is up to us alone to decide which route we use to bring this energy to Hungary,” he said, adding that in selecting the route the only criteria is that it should provide the greatest security.
I imagine Brussels is thinking the same thing about Hungary!
You don’t have to be crazy about Fidesz to recognize that if given a chance the Gyurcsány-Dobrev-Apró gang dominated opposition hates Hungarians and would destroy Hungary.
Never voted for Fidesz but this time, it is Fidesz.
“István says: 30/09/2021 at 10:06”
This is not my post.
Is there anything the moderators can do to prevent multiple people posting under the same nam?
Orban is standing up for true Central European values. The opposition is not.