Hungarian minister calls for ‘strategic debate’ on EU policy on Ukraine
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The European Union’s Ukraine policy needs to be shaped through “a period of considering options and holding a strategic debate”, Hungary’s minister for EU affairs said in Brussels on Wednesday.
Janos Bóka said ahead of a meeting of EU affairs ministers that “without a strategic debate, we are not in a position to make decisions on further steps in Ukraine’s accession or the review of the multiannual financial framework.”
He said the debate would need to show the results the EU’s strategy of supporting Ukraine had yielded so far, including the resources provided, how those resources had been used and results achieved, and strategies of overcoming difficulties.
The sustainability of the EU’s strategy should also be up for debate, he said. The EU had built its course of action on the assumption that Ukraine would win the war and prompt a political reshuffle in Moscow, he said. Should that presumption become untenable, the EU should outline an alternative strategy with the aim of creating a functional security system in Europe, he said.
Quite interesting that our Politicians are all of a sudden interested in facts and data, whereas in the domestic arena they are OK with basing any decision on gut instincts, political opportunism and culture wars / tribalism.
Wouldn’t it be nice to rely on facts, data, and expert opinion to get to the right decision?
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