Prices have risen dramatically due to the war, in such a situation, special, brave decisions are needed - emphasized Balázs Hidvéghi, a member of the European Parliament of Fidesz, in the Magyar Hírlap Faktum podcast.
He recalled that twelve years ago, for example, the Orbán government managed to put the Hungarian economy in order with special taxes after Ferenc Gyurcsány's "disaster governance", moreover, in such a way that the costs were not paid by the people, but primarily by "foreign-owned large companies from their profits". Balázs Hidvéghi also reacted to the fact that the European Commission (EC) recently called on the government to end the gasoline price cap. As he said, he expects a long legal dispute, it is possible that a breach of duty procedure will also be initiated, which will take quite a few months.
Regarding the fact that, according to press assessments, the EC may have wanted to drive a wedge between Hungary and Poland by accepting the Polish recovery plan, but not yet the Hungarian one, Hidvéghi said: "many people were stung by the close Hungarian-Polish alliance, both governments were unjustly attacked ideologically reasons". As he said, it was time for Poland to receive the money due to it, time for our country to receive it as well, and the incitement against each other, the weakening of each other, and the incitement of internal mistrust should finally be replaced by sobriety.
In the program, the representative also talked about how the EU's sanctions policy is developing and that it would be important to distinguish between European and American interests, while in Brussels in recent months they have been behaving as if the two are necessarily the same. In relation to the statements condemning the gas embargo, he stated that because of skyrocketing prices, sooner or later the patience of the people of Western Europe will run out, and governments may fall. "If we want to impoverish Europe, the European population will not let it go without a word," he said.
Balázs Hidvéghi did not leave it unsaid that Momentum representatives, including Anna Donáth, stood up for Brussels' climate and carbon tax plan. "Momentum's representatives excel in the fact that, under all circumstances, they always stand by the current Brussels proposal in the most enthusiastic, servile way," he said. They never act in the interests of Hungarians, he noted.
Source: Magyar Hírlap
Author: Mariann Őry
Image: European Parliament
