If the elections were held now, he would expect a clear Fidesz victory, otherwise he thinks that "Hungarians are lucky", "that Orbán is at the helm in such a tragic war situation" - András Giró-Szász, former State Secretary of the Prime Minister's Office, Viktor Orbán his former chief domestic policy adviser spoke in an interview with atv.hu.
When asked what price the Prime Minister should pay for "Putin friendship", he said: history will give the correct answer. It was also said in the conversation that András Giró-Szász never believed that an Orbán-Márki-Zay debate would take place. According to him, Péter Márki-Zay's newly announced party founding is about nothing else "than that he started preparing for the power games of the opposition existence after the election defeat", and Donald Tusk - believes Giró-Szász - is forging his own Polish domestic political capital in Budapest on March 15.
Can Hungary stay out of the Russian-Ukrainian war?
The most important goal of every government in such a situation is to spare the country and nation entrusted to it from the direct effects of war. The Hungarian government's reactions and measures so far have served this purpose. The indirect effects - social unrest, economic and monetary consequences - are natural in such cases, the government can only influence their extent and consequences. For this, and for its successful and effective implementation, you need a responsible society, a responsible press and a responsible opposition. Only those who can say that they practice this responsible attitude should dare to criticize. Over the past 12 years, the Orbán government has successfully managed quite a few global crises affecting our country: the consequences of the 2008 economic crisis, the problems of foreign currency lending, the migration situation... The 2015 crisis was closed with the fence and almost everyone was turned back to Serbia in a , according to the third safe country principle. After the decision of the European Court, the transit zones were abolished, and the submission of asylum applications was outsourced to the embassies in Belgrade and Kiev... Now, because of the war, there has been a 180-degree turn, we accept all refugees.
There is no question of any reversal here, the position of the Hungarian government is completely consistent. People are considered refugees until they reach the first safe country. He held this position in 2015 and now.
According to them, the European Court did not understand this Hungarian "distinction" either.
Yes, according to them he didn't understand. Now the handling of the asylum case was also praised by the EU Commissioner, the Vice-President of the Commission, when he visited the border. The government handled the complex issue of the epidemic and now this terrible war situation well. It is the result of dealing with crises so far, as well as the experience gained through them
they make it clear to me how lucky we Hungarians are to have Orbán at the helm in such a tragic war situation.
The prime minister said at Beregsurány that the "peace missions" had proved unsuccessful. We are a neighboring country, more than a hundred thousand Hungarian minorities live in Transcarpathia...
Yes, unfortunately that is the case. Neither the Hungarian prime minister, nor the French president, nor the German chancellor were able to convince and stop the Russian leadership. At the same time, since the conflicts of 2014, it is clear that the government tried to develop every possible scenario, in terms of foreign policy, military policy, asylum, education and health. In all of this, the interests of Hungarian citizens were taken into account uniformly and primarily, whether they live here or beyond our borders.
What price does Prime Minister Viktor Orbán have to pay for his 13-year "friendship" with Putin?
History gives the correct answer to this.
Hungary's geopolitical situation has tied it culturally to the West for the past thousand years, but thanks to its economic and power relations, it was able to function well and independently when, taking into account the realities, it paid as much attention to Western Europe as it did to the Russian or Ottoman empires.
"Independently"?
We are members of the federal systems of the West, but in the field of economic relations we must not forget our basic interests. The hypocritical narrative that Marki Zay also uses is not correct, since the West he mentions has maintained and maintains closer relations with Russia by orders of magnitude. A former German chancellor is one of the first people at Gazprom, the Germans and the French have brought business agreements covering all areas under their roof in the last decade.
Should Viktor Orbán say that "Putin is an aggressor"?
Viktor Orbán made it clear that he fully condemns this aggression against an independent state, and that Hungary stands up for the sovereignty of Ukraine. But if he hadn't said that, those words would obviously be missed by the opposition intellectuals. It's a bit like the classic joke: if he's wearing a hat, then he's wrong, if he's not, then that's why! Up until now, the opposition has been shouting that the Orbán government will be the wheelbarrow for the sanctions against Russia. Now that the Hungarian government has clearly stated that it thinks as part of the Union, and if the decision is the policy of sanctions - which it does not approve of on a rational basis - it will still support and implement it.
The full interview HERE !
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