Former Polish leader: Hungary is half out of the EU!
The former Polish deputy foreign minister shared some shocking details about how the European Union thinks about PM Viktor Orbán. To sum up, Hungary is half out of the EU. A Huxit would be disastrous for both the economy and society.
Hungarian veto on Ukraine’s EU accession?
Jan Truszczyński served as the deputy foreign minister of Hungary’s greatest regional friend, Poland, between 2001 and 2005. As we wrote on Friday, PM Viktor Orbán met with President Zelenskyy in Brussels, at a European Council summit. Orbán was one of the EU leaders who did not applaud the Ukrainian president when he arrived. Later, he posted a photo in which Zelenskyy seemed to bow to him when they met on a separate negotiation between CEE regional heads of state and prime ministers and the Ukrainian leader. Zelenskyy invited him to an official visit to Kyiv, but Orbán’s press chief said the Hungarian prime minister would only travel to the Ukrainian capital when necessary and relevant.
Jan Truszczyński said about Orbán’s attitude that his lack of enthusiasm might be a sign of possible sabotage regarding Ukraine’s EU accession, szmo.hu wrote. He added that other member states would cooperate in that regard and the project has support in Brussels.
Truszczyński: Orbán half out from the EU
About Hungary’s leadership, he said that the government did not make “absurd steps.” He said he hoped that would remain so in the future. Mr Truszczyński added that PM Orbán was not a pariah, but one of his legs was out from the European Union. “We have to tolerate that he would not be dismissed”, the former Polish foreign policy strongman highlighted to TOK FM, a Polish radio station.
He said that Ukraine would fulfil all the prerequisites they needed for Ukraine’s EU accession in the next few years.
Experts agree that a Huxit would be catastrophic for the Hungarian economy and society. A lot of Hungarians work and study in other EU countries. If they returned home, unemployment would jump significantly, and since they are mostly opposition voters, the opposition parties would strengthen. Such an option is only imaginable if Orbán received only lectures from the European Union but no money. It seems that, besides lectures, concerning the rule of law and other aspects, at least the euro billions of the RRF funds will arrive in Hungary from 2023.
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Source: szmo.hu