President Macron visited us recently, on the eve of the elections in Hungary and France. The Marcon, who in 2017 was made possible by the splintering of the left with the Dutch president and the right, which became leaderless with the resignation of Fillon, made it possible to break into the lead. Thus, the former socialist financier became a centrist politician and then the president of the republic. We were able to learn about his vision of the world: "feminist politics" and the enforcement of gender equality. As long as the German-French axis was operating, he took a stand against Hungary many times on the basis of his world view and on the level of politics.
Then something changed. The anti-Islamic statements made in response to terrorism at home in order to modify the previously pro-migrant policy. He made proposals for handling the migration crisis in Europe, of course emphasizing the need for European burden-sharing and immigration. He already accepts that the emission areas should be put in order, even at the cost of significant financial sacrifices.
When Pascale Andréani, the French ambassador to Budapest, arrived in Hungary on September 5, 2018, her foreign minister, Le Drian, already claimed that she was sent to Budapest with a "friendly mandate". And now President Macron's visit to Budapest took place in such an atmosphere. In this regard, despite the raising of big clouds of internal political fog, the news revealed that the opposition here cannot sell this visit to its advantage.
As Wass Albert says: the course of the stars varies. The Franco-German axis of the European Union is eroding, the new German government will have enough trouble for the French leadership. Macron is a real politician, he drew the conclusion: now, at the end of November, he first visited Italy to smooth over disputes and strengthen cooperation; then he visited the V4s, and just here, in Budapest. Here, together with Prime Minister Orbán, they demonstrated that if there is goodwill, common ground can be found. Such is our nuclear energy policy, the European support system for agriculture, the issue of joint military development and protection against migration.
And if we take a step back, we can already see from a bird's eye view that there are signs of a mountain collapse in world politics as well. Ostensibly a business dispute, the 12 French submarines ordered in 2016 are no longer required by Australia, but are instead being purchased from the United States. This is not only a loss for France, but an indication of the possible consequences of Brexit, which the EU has not yet faced. About the fact that the New World, the United Kingdom and Australia started building an Anglo-Saxon region. And the joint announcement of AUKUS, the new security partnership, only underlines this. All of this encouraged the French to strengthen Western European military development, which was ultimately separate from the US-led NATO. That is why, after swallowing the bitter pill, the first step on the part of the French was to declare a strategic partnership with Greece (combined with the sale of warships).
One possible breaking point for Hungary could be the changing French foreign policy. Although the Brussels bureaucracy has already proven its incompetence several times, such a huge warship can only be slowly turned in the right direction. Let's not forget where we are starting from: the Dutch Mark Rutte said that Hungary must be brought to its knees. We also know that money is the most decisive tool in this, of course. According to Heiko Maas, former German foreign minister, Hungary and Poland's veto threat "held the EU hostage", and the proposed answer is to tie EU payments to political conditions.
Hungary therefore needs allies. That's why V4 is important, and that's why we're looking for additional opportunities. But even France, which is much heavier than us, cannot stop the German locomotive on its way to destruction. This, and the transformation of the entire system of management in Brussels, is in the interest of our continent.
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Photo: MTI/Prime Minister's Press Office/Zoltán Fischer
