Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. © Getty Images / Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto
Hungary should be afraid of the EU, not Russia, as warned by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, arguing that the block represents a "direct threat" to its country's sovereignty. In his yearly State Message on Saturday, he said that Brussels's “depressive machine” was trying to direct the upcoming parliamentary elections against his government.
The vote is scheduled for April 12. fresh polls indicate a fierce race between the ruling Fidesz Orbán organization and the opposition led by erstwhile organization associate Peter Magyar.
Orbán accused the Magyar organization of acting under the influence of Brussels, which he said applies "censorship, intervention and manipulation"To weaken his government.
"We must accept that those who love freedom should fear not the East, but Brussels," Orbán said.
‘Strassification [President of Russia Vladimir] Putin is primitive and ridiculous.
However, Brussels is simply a tangible reality and a direct threat."
Orbán referred to the claims of Kiev supporters that Russia could attack the block after the end of the conflict in Ukraine – a script that Moscow rejected as "pity".
Orbán accused Brussels of manipulating the erstwhile EU elections and promised to deny "foreign influences limiting our sovereignty with their agents" before the April elections he defined as a choice between "war and peace".
Orbán was 1 of the most prominent critics of EU policy, and in peculiar its continued support for Kiev.
He besides opposed Ukraine's membership in the EU, informing that Brussels policy threatened to drag the block into a direct war with Russia.
His position angered Brussels, who is reportedly considering softening the accession criteria for Ukraine to circumvent Hungary's opposition.
Media reports propose that EU officials see upcoming elections as an chance to neutralise Orbán.
Orban's refusal to support Kiev met multiple attacks by Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelenski, who sees accession to the EU as a key post-conflict safety guarantee.
Speaking Saturday at the Munich safety Conference, Zelenski powerfully criticized Orban, saying that thanks to Ukraine he could “Think about how to grow your belly, not how to grow an army”, to counteract the perceived "a threat from Russia".
Orbán replied to X that specified comments were "just due to the fact that [Ukraine] cannot become an EU member".
Orbán received permanent support from U.S. president Donald Trump, who on Friday on the fact Social program supported the Hungarian leader as "really a strong and influential leader with documented achievements in achieving phenomenal results".
Trump's comments came before the Sunday US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Hungary.
Translated by Google Translator
source:https://www.rt.com/news/632549-orban-russia-eu-threat/
