Surprising: Fidesz politician shares strongest criticism of Russia so far

A Fidesz politician recently said something that can be considered unusual coming from the party. Zsolt Németh has previously made statements about Russia and NATO that differ from official government communications and Fidesz propaganda: however, he has never been so direct in his opposition to the Orbán direction when it comes to the conflict in our neighbourhood.

Some strong statements have been made by the Fidesz politician about Russia and its war in Ukraine. Photo: Facebook/Németh Zsolt

Strong statements made by the Fidesz politician

“As far as the past 25 years are concerned, if we were not members of NATO now, it would probably not be Ukraine that would be defending itself against a Russian attack, but us”, Zsolt Németh began his speech at the conference of the Hungarian Atlantic Society (Magyar Atlanti Társaság) on Tuesday 7 May at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia), Válasz Online reports.

The Fidesz politician has been outspoken before about this, but he has never been so clear to say that anyone who raises the question of NATO’s responsibility for the Russian invasion of Ukraine is not only spreading lies but is also acting against the Hungarian interest, for those who threaten Hungarian sovereignty are the Russians.

Németh: NATO is not an anti-Russian organisation

NATO Sweden Orbán Stoltenberg — Photo: FB/Orbán

“NATO, whatever President Putin’s esteemed propagandists may say, is not an anti-Russian organisation, it does not plan to attack Russia and never has, but it can protect its members from a Russian attack. Russia cannot limit Hungarian sovereignty by military means because we are a member of NATO,” Zsolt Németh said.

According to the politician, “the fact that Russia sees this defence alliance as a threat is simply proof that it wants to dominate NATO members – or at least part of NATO members – and that NATO is making this impossible. Russia’s behaviour says more about itself than it does about us,” the Fidesz politician added.

According to Németh, Hungary’s membership of NATO is of the greatest importance since we joined 25 years ago because of the war, and therefore we must take a firm stand against those efforts that seek to turn Hungarian public opinion against NATO.

The Russian-Ukrainian war did not break out because of NATO

hungarians fighting in ukraine war fegyir sándor — The leader of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Ukraine, László Zubánics (far right), visited Hungarians fighting in the eastern part of the country. Source: Facebook/Федір Шандор (Fegyir Sándor)

“Any deception of public opinion on NATO is now a direct threat to the physical security and sovereignty of our country,” he said. He added that it is part of Russia’s military strategy to use various actions to undermine confidence in NATO and the importance of NATO membership in Central European countries.

According to the Fidesz politician, “it is extremely damaging to repeat the idea that the Russian-Ukrainian war broke out because of NATO”.

Németh also said that there is no Hungarian interest in Russia being able to arbitrarily tell other countries whether or not they can exercise their rights under international law. “We must not set a precedent for Russia to tell anyone else, because then it will tell us,” he added.

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