Hungarian pro-government daily: NATO is a threat to Hungary
Magyar Nemzet is a Hungarian, right-wing conservative political daily, declaredly pro-government. The portal has called the EU “the most inhuman tyranny” before, now it declared that NATO does not guarantee Hungary’s safety but straight up is a threat to the country.
EU is an inhuman tyranny, NATO is a threat to Hungary and Europe
On Thursday, the portal called the European Union the most inhuman tyranny and evil empire in history. Today, as 444.hu noticed, this sentence appeared in one of their articles:
“NATO does not guarantee our security, it is a threat to Hungary, but also to the whole of Europe.”
According to 444.hu, this is a trend that has been observed for some time in the case of Magyar Nemzet.
What might be the explanation behind these bold statements?
According to the news portal, there are several possible explanations for the statement. One explanation could be that this is just a distraction. There are important things going on in the country, corruption, huge inflation, rising prices, falling living standards. Statements like this are a distraction to public opinion, whether they agree with it or not.
444.hu says another possible explanation could be that the anti-US article is in response to the visit to Budapest a week ago of Samantha Power, an influential figure in US foreign policy. She met with NGO leaders, high school students and independent journalists. A third possible explanation is perhaps the most frightening: maybe ps the possibility of a Moscow-led Commonwealth of Independent States really does exist, and is now being tested by public opinion.
According to the author of the Magyar Nemzet article, Ukraine has become an open dictatorship, where opposition parties and critical media have been banned. What is more, Russia has been provoked into US subversion until Russian President Vladimir Putin was forced to launch the war.
More than 10,000 refugees arrive to Hungary from Ukraine
Fully 5,278 refugees entered Hungary at the Ukraine-Hungary border on Thursday, while 4,940 came to the country via Romania, according to the national police headquarters (Országos Rendőrfőkapitányság, ORFK). Police issued temporary residence permits valid for 30 days to 108 people, ORFK said on Friday.
Source: 444.hu, MTI