PM Orbán’s scarf on the agenda at Visegrád 4 meeting
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán wore a scarf depicting Great Hungary at the Hungary-Greece friendly football match. The incident turned into such a massive scandal that even the Visegrád Four included it in its agenda. The Slovak prime minister reacted.
Orbán’s scarf scandal
Viktor Orbán was spotted sporting a scarf depicting Great Hungary at a football match. As we reported earlier, the incident stirred up a huge scandal.
Ukraine, Romania and Croatia expressed their disapproval and demanded an apology from Hungary. Viktor Orbán reacted on his social media page. He said football had nothing to do with politics and we should not have read more into it than it actually was.
Visegrád Four meetings
On Thursday, the Visegrád Group, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland will meet in eastern Slovakia, Reuters reports.
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala issued several statements saying that he would bring up Orbán’s scarf at the V4 meeting. “What we hear from time to time about Hungary, whether in the form of statements or political decisions, certainly does not help our situation,” shared Fiala when asked about the Hungarian government’s pro-Russian policy.
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Slovak Prime Minister hits back
The Hungarian prime minister streamed live on Facebook prior to the V4 summit. Orbán was seen wearing a Slovak scarf, which he shared with Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Hegger, writes rtl.hu.
“Hungary and Slovakia are two good friends! The V4 summit is about to start in Kassa,” Orbán wrote. Heger also shared a picture of the two, writing, “I’ve noticed that Viktor Orbán had an old scarf, so I gave him a new one today.”
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Source: rtl.hu, reuters.hu