The claim of the left - that this is a Putinist system - can be seen with common sense as orbital nonsense. Interview with Gábor G. Fodor.
Has Russia also – like Brussels – become part of domestic politics? Only because we are not fighting Moscow at all.
The claim of the left - that this is a Putinist system - can be seen with common sense as orbital nonsense. If they start from this, they are again not helping themselves. The other, that Hungary is pushing Russia's cart, is also a product of hysteria. So much happened that Russia was transferred to the dark side because of the war.
Who did it?
The entire European elite, Brussels. True, to external pressure.
Would Brussels have turned Russia over to the dark side?
Yes, more specifically the West, as it imposed sanctions on Russia and, more importantly, tried to erase Russia from the civilizational discourse.
The sanctions are because of the war that Russia started against Ukraine.
This is true, but in the West it is not possible to talk about whether this is a good decision or a bad one. If you're anti-sanctions, you're a Putinist and you've already crossed over to the dark side. However, from Hungary's point of view, you cannot make politics against geography. If the gas pipeline comes from there, you have to get gas from there. That's why political leaders have to own up when they say they are pro-Russian. And this is a stamp that cannot be argued against, cannot be disputed.
In the EU, there can be no position other than pro-Ukraine. However, according to the Hungarians, one is a dog, the other is a dog. They think that the great powers are coming again, they are having fun with us here, but for us only one thing is important: we don't want to get involved in all this. But if you want to stay out, that's not pro-Russian.
Yet the government communicates in favor of Russia and against sanctions, while voting for every package.
After all, we belong to a club. If we constantly hang it up and make a sport out of obstructing decision-making with a veto, it only shows the institutional procedures that can be used to restrain or restrain Brussels. But the club also obliges, right, not for stupidity. It's all about power. If Orbán wasn't strong, I would sweep him away. Then they would call here and expect you to say only yes or jawohl.
Isn't he just simply vetoing it?
I say: strong. You can't call Orbán here. Meanwhile, and this is rough, even the Germans can call there."
The full interview can be read on the Free Europe website.
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