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Freudian slip on post-victory blueprint? FM Szijjártó talks of Hungary leaving the EU
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó used a forum to explain why Ukraine should be kept out of the European Union. At one point, however, he appeared to suffer a slip of the tongue, saying Hungary instead of Ukraine. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had previously justified why Hungary ought to quit the EU.
Magyar: We must reinforce our place in the West
According to Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, Hungary must be kept outside the European Union. “Everyone knows that if we win, that’s how it will be,” he added at a residents’ forum in Nagykáta. News reports suggest Szijjártó’s gaffe drew no dismay from the audience or the fellow politicians on the platform with him; nor was it corrected. Péter Magyar, leader of the poll-topping Tisza Party, responded at once.
Magyar claimed Szijjártó had admitted the government wishes to take Hungary out of the European Union, when what the country needs, he argued, is to shore up its battered position in Western alliances. “There is much we can debate,” Magyar said, “but one foundation must not be questioned: Hungary’s place in the European Union and NATO.”
Will Fidesz join forces with EU foes?
János Lázár, the Minister for Construction and Transport, spoke last week at a residents’ forum in Úrhida about whether his party, Fidesz, should team up with the radical Mi Hazánk movement. “There are sovereignty advocates there, too. We must consider whether we can think and work together in future, and others might join,” he said.
Mi Hazánk has campaigned since its founding for Hungary to leave the EU via referendum. Lázár sees this as the biggest obstacle to cooperation: Fidesz wishes to stay in.
Orbán and the Hungarians on a possible ‘Huxit’
As we reported, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán addressed the issue a fortnight ago on the government-friendly HírTV’s Bayer Show, outlining why Hungary should abandon the EU. The bloc is weak, he argued, capable only of lecturing those stronger than itself who mock and despise it. He posed the question of whether membership in such a club makes sense, replying with a tentative “yes”.
A Eurobarometer survey from autumn 2025, published only in February this year, found 55% of Hungarians back EU membership, below the EU average of 62%. Some 46% hold a positive view of the EU, against 49% across Europe. Yet only 7% of Hungarians deem membership outright harmful, compared with 11% EU-wide, according to Privátbankár.
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The EU, as currently constituted, is not long for this world, the reason being that it has chosen, and is choosing, policies, over the last decade, which have made too many Europeans unhappy.
Though Hungary will be the first to leave, or be kicked out (semantical difference) others, particularly in Central Europe, shall follow.
This narrative leans heavily on the “inevitability” trope, a common tactic used to frame the decline of the EU as a settled fact rather than a political debate. By suggesting that Hungary is on the brink of an exit, the post ignores the significant economic reality: Hungary remains deeply integrated into the Single Market and continues to be a major beneficiary of EU structural funds, making a “Huxit” an extremely costly and unlikely prospect for its citizens.
Furthermore, the claim that Central Europe is ready to follow suit overlooks the heightened value these nations place on the EU’s security and stability, especially given the current geopolitical climate. While friction over specific policies is real, framing these disagreements as a terminal collapse serves more as a tool for polarization than an accurate reflection of the complex, ongoing negotiations that define European governance.