Tusk lied: it was not Hungary that blocked the sanctions

Germany is the last EU partner that does not agree with Russia's exclusion from the SWIFT system, the head of the European People's Party group admitted. Manfred Weber thereby justified the official Hungarian position and discredited the left-wing narrative, writes Origo with reference to mandiner.hu.

"The German government is the last EU partner that does not yet agree to the exclusion of Putin and Russia from the SWIFT system," writes Manfred Weber in his Twitter post. The German politician justified it with this: contrary to the narrative built by the left

HUNGARY DID NOT PREVENT THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE STRONG (CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE THE STRONGEST) SANCTION AGAINST RUSSIA.

As you know, following the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian war early Thursday morning, many countries announced sanctions against Vladimir Putin, the Russian political and economic elite, and Russia. For a long time, it was also assumed that Russia would be excluded from the SWIFT system, which is extremely important in international financial affairs, which could be a serious blow to Moscow, according to expectations.

HOWEVER, AT THE EXTRAORDINARY UNION SUMMIT WHICH DECIDED ON SANCTIONS, THIS STEP WAS LEFT OUT OF THE PACKAGE SUPPORTED BY THE HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT AND THEN OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED BY THE MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

After the decision, Donald Tusk, the leader of the Polish opposition and the first person of the European People's Party, came out with an emotional message, who wrote on his social media page after the meeting: "Everything in this war is real: Putin's madness and brutality, the Ukrainian victims, the bombs falling on Kiev . Only our sanctions are not real. Shame on those EU governments that vetoed the decisive decisions (Germany, Hungary, Italy)".

Tusk's statement was a lie, as Hungary did not block the stricter sanctions.

Source: Origo

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2022 plus:

The Mandiner quotes the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung as saying that on Saturday afternoon the mood changed in Berlin regarding Russia's exclusion from SWIFT. Now the left-liberal German government coalition is also willing to take this step, because so far Germany was the last EU member state to block the introduction of this EU sanction.

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