Putin apologised to Hungary while Orbán talked about 50 pc chance of a Huxit

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PM Viktor Orbán touched some important topics at the Kötcse symposium last Sunday. His keynote speech aimed at setting the direction of his political movement; and since it is not recorded, information about what the prime minister was actually talking about emerged slowly. Now, one of his supporters said that Orbán believes there is a 50% chance that the EU will collapse. Meanwhile, President Putin made a grand gesture towards Hungary and the Czech Republic.

According to ATV, politologist Tamás Fricz dessected Orbán’s speech on Hír TV, a government-close television channel. He said Orbán reckons the EU has a fifty-fifty chance of surviving or collapsing. Orbán added that Hungary must be prepared for both two scenarios. The prime minister held his talks behind closed doors, in which he also mentioned his plan of remaining in power until 2034.

Putin: it was a mistake to send tanks to Hungary

Meanwhile, Russian President Putin said “that the Soviet Union’s decision to send tanks into Hungary and Czechoslovakia to crush mass protests during the Cold War was a mistake”, Reuters wrote. “It is not right to do anything in foreign policy that harms the interests of other peoples”, he added. But he did not go on about his decision to send troops to Ukraine.

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That comes after the scandal concerning the new history textbooks issued in Russia, which label the Hungarian anti-Communist freedom fight of 1956 as a fascist rebellion. Furthermore, the educational materials also mention that Putin deemed it a mistake that the Soviet Union withdrew its troops from Central Europe, including Hungary. We wrote about that HERE.

Ukraine’s gesture

Ukraine’s minister responsible for the country’s EU accession said Kyiv was ready to provide minority and education rights to the ethnic Romanians and Hungarians. Therefore, multilateral talks started moving towards a possible compromise, which would satisfy all three parties, 444.hu wrote. That comes after President Katalin Novák and Zelensky’s meeting in Ukraine, during which the Ukrainian President promised to solve the minority issues.

Ukraine wants to join the EU, but securing the necessary language use or education rights for the national minorities is a prerequisite. Olha Stefanisina cleared that Ukraine would not grant the same minority rights to the Russians but the country is open to make amends for Romanians and Hungarians. PM Orbán blocks EU-Ukraine accession summits because of the previously mentioned anti-Hungarian measures. We wrote about the latest one HERE. Critics believe Orbán would not support Ukraine’s EU accession even if the minority and education problems were solved as they are just excuses to veto Ukraine’s attempts to be part of the union.

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