"It is not a smart move to oust Fidesz from the People's Party," said Werner Patzelt Mandiner interview.
"The political opponents of the EPP can now rejoice at the strategic blunder of the People's Party. No one benefits from the breakup between Fidesz and the People's Party, the Hungarian government should not expect improved relations from a possible future CDU-Greens coalition, and the best thing the Hungarian government can do now is to keep its politics sane," says German political scientist Werner Patzelt, whom the he was asked about German domestic policy and German-Hungarian relations.
"I see that no one wins with this - except for those German politicians of the CDU, who were constantly attacked by the German media for tolerating Fidesz in the EPP. They now got rid of an attack surface. But other than that, I don't think anyone would benefit from it."
Does the separation of Fidesz from the People's Party result in the deterioration of Hungarian-German relations, or is this entirely a party matter?
Werner Patzel's dissent is not tolerated by German "democracy"
"Much will depend on the attitude of the Hungarian side. If Hungary carries on with a political course that can be easily explained without resentment, then Fidesz can show that it has been treated unfairly by the EPP. If you do not respond to this with hardening or bitterness, it will create the possibility of a good start again after the next EP elections. In any case, they must avoid allowing themselves to be forced into a role that was previously assigned to them in order to make them an ideal target.”
The political scientist Werner Patzel was removed from the University of Dresden in 2019, not least because his political views are not liked by bigoted opinion dictators. You can learn more about the professor from Mandiner's archived writings .
