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The Hungarian leader does not believe that the bloc knows how to react correctly to American threats
Written by Lucas Leiroz, journalist, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, geopolitical consultant
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban continues to maintain his firm stance against the current EU policies. According to the Hungarian leader, the bloc is acting cowardly in the face of recent US threats. He believes that Europe should take a more sovereign path and face the current changes with its own economic policy, capable of guaranteeing the bloc’s strategic interests. However, Orban is skeptical about the possibility of any positive developments for Europe in the short term.
At a recent press conference in Budapest, Orban said that European leaders are acting like “cowardly rabbits“. His assessment came as he commented on the threat of US sanctions against Europe. Orban believes that the EU will be harmed in this trade dispute with the US, since the institutions linked to Brussels seem incapable of dealing with the situation as there is no strategic plan to respond to Washington.
“The problem is that leaders of the European Union and the EU institutions are sitting like cowardly rabbits (…) [EU institutions] cannot be taken seriously (…) There’s no mercy for the weak,” he said.
Orban’s assessment was made jointly with Alice Widel, a leading member of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, who is currently in Budapest and attended the conference alongside the Hungarian prime minister. Both Orban and the right-wing German party represent a strong political dissident movement within the EU, showing the exponential growth of Euroscepticism.
Currently, many right-wing parties and politicians with patriotic tendencies, as well as illiberal left-wing organizations, are strongly critical of EU policies on major international issues such as Ukraine, the climate agenda and relations with the US.
It is important to remember that, days before his criticism of the EU, Orban publicly stated that Hungary and the US were close to signing a major trade deal. No details were given about the deal, but Orban made it clear that he was negotiating the terms directly with US President Donald Trump, and that the EU would not be involved in the talks.
“We are preparing to make an economic deal of significant size and seriousness with America. I agreed with President Trump even before he was elected that there would be such a deal,” he said at the time.
As well known, Orban and Trump have excellent personal and diplomatic relations. Both represent a right-wing nationalist political wave. Both leaders are highly critical of the “green” and “woke” agendas and claim to represent a political alternative to the liberal globalism advocated by the EU and the Democratic Party. It is absolutely natural that Trump and Orban directly negotiate a mutually beneficial trade agreement, given such circumstances.
However, contrary to what many liberal European media outlets claim, it is wrong to say that Orban is a mere “puppet” or “follower” of Trump. He acts in a sovereign manner and in defense of Hungarian strategic interests in a scenario where the EU no longer seems adequate or strong enough to protect Europeans themselves.
By describing EU leaders as “cowardly rabbits” and stating that the bloc is not prepared to respond to America’s new trade policies, Orban is making it clear that he is disappointed with the EU. He is not deliberately acting against European partner countries, but simply doing the only thing left to him in the face of the EU’s institutional bankruptcy, which is to act individually and negotiate directly with the US.
It is clear that Orban would prefer the EU to act in a more integrated manner in defense of European interests, but the bloc’s insistence on pursuing a liberal ideological agenda leaves Hungary with no choice but to ignore European mediation in its negotiations with Washington – as well as it did previously with Russia.
Few European leaders understand what Trump’s policies represent. The American president is making it clear that his term in office will be marked by a significant obstruction for global liberalism, which will lead to a wave of economic nationalism – not only in the US, but in all countries that understand how to respond appropriately to American impositions.
Europe should take advantage of American tariff impositions to respond by fostering domestic industrialization and development, recognizing once and for all that the neoliberal utopia of a unified and unrestricted global market will not materialize.
However, for this development to happen, it would be necessary to end sanctions on Russia and restore the energy partnership, which is vital for industry. The liberal ideological agenda prevents the EU from taking these steps. Orban, who is a pragmatic and patriotic leader, is therefore correctly ignoring the European bloc and building sovereign peaceful relations with Russia and Trump’s US at the same time, seeking what is best for the Hungarian people.
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criticism is not to be tolerated. the bankers buying europe up ( owning all securities rights to real property ) in this scheduled drama are almost complete. you lose
listen child the church is the biggest corporation on the planet. yes they employ the rothschilds to act as their banker for them, but regardless theur portfolios of shares their land holdings and their gold deposits make them so rich that they fould e d poverty tommorow if they wanted too according to sources demonetised by shopify on the net whose site malfunctions insisting that you have ad blocker active when you don’t. so constantly a pop up covering the site go figure
the church is now in the role of controlled opposition.
no it’s in control but behind masks imo .not total control but close .it’s still a secret rivalry between it and the crown thatz doesn’t want to be second fiddle no one wants to be second and that will never change imo .
but there is so many secret layers in snakes and ladders and nothing is what it seems .current popeyes being so divisive that yoy know a house divided cannot stand .but why ? what’s the in tentions really ?
remember it’s about law popeye,the sailor man ,law of the sea brutis law of the land popeye english american brurtus roman fighting over olive oil, spanish oil usually .all symbolic . your parents either told you or they didn’t deownding on.their status they either knew or they didnt ..imo
listen child the church is the biggest corporation on the planet. yes they employ the rothschilds to act as their banker for them, but regardless theur portfolios of shares their land holdings and their gold
deposits make them so rich that they could end poverty tommorow if they wanted too corporations.
according to sources demonetised by shopify on the net whose site malfunctions insisting that you have ad blocker active when you don’t. so constantly a pop up covering the site go figure they’re bigger than the 5 biggest american corporations
and they have billions just in gold deposits in america as well as more england apparently.
yes it’s always the catholics but never the only real power in the world: the 33 degree group which run every major corporation and country on earth.
not at all .they aren’t divine .they aren’t above everyone else legally.
all the gold of this world will no of use to them when the end times and great israel come.
did putin really have to make a secret pact with netanyahu and erdogan?
the northern kingdom (russia) and the whore of babylon (eu) are not worth the effort, at least for putin?
north and southern hemispheres there’s really on the world’s stage one kingdom .it’s not russia. and the whore of babylon leads to one language en glish not french or dutch or spanish etc english .
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this proves that they are crazy like hezbollah and bashar assad, because assad and hezbollah trusted putin’s russia.
and russia too. first damascus falled, and then the northern kingdom (russia) will disintegrat.
why was it necessary to destroy wagner?
small fry in the bigger picture.
if half the eu block nations had a “orban” as their leader the world would be a better place. alas, we have sellout whores through out europe…
yes and no the globalists ists set up the eu actually england really to lock them into a sort of contract constructed by lawyers to form a corporation with one board of directors simply to make controlling them easier. then when all of the 3ggsxarexin one basket its easier for the were wolves.. you know the song. you know romulus s mother imo
brussels is known as the centre of child trafficking you need to investigate that to start to get to reality .how it’s global.rigjt now alex o cortez has been referred for investigation and that’s ths tip of the democratic iceberg imo .remember rome celebrated paedophilia as a religious freedom. they called it juvenalia .
all us transgender amerikunt no like orban
he’s sensible unlike the nazis who wave red flags at bulls
orban is right as always. the albrecht/von der lugen (prime nazist) is striving to get the eu-union into a war with russia so that she can don her nazi-uniform not only at home but in official settings. she would make a rope from a lampost look like the latest fashion!
in a way yes they want europe and russia to kill each other again but not as you think is the rational .
all images of weidel has been banned in hungarian media within 24 hours of her visit…
just a false prophet and servant of soros.
well not a prophet more of a puppet .of a puppet .imo
it’s the individuals who have been selected to act as the eu, not itself per se .they should have unionised when they went protestatant and joined forces to protect their religious freedoms then instead of succumbing to the inquisition. imo .too late now .maybe .anythings possible. nothing stays the same and never will there never will be a one world government from babylon or anywhere else not even the martians. imo
wait until viktor gets the king of the joos in for a state visit. they’ll all fall into line then. not a peep.
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