The 🇪🇺 was right to grant candidate status to 🇺🇦 that chose Western democracy instead of 🇷🇺's tyranny.
A condition of membership is sustainable peace, which can be attained by winning the war & protecting ethnic minorities. The 🇪🇺 should help both objectives.
See @europarl_en👇
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@laszloan What's your point? Aren't you misplaced? These people are awaiting trial behind bars on criminal charges. While under your sponsor's watch Hungary has become the most corrupt European country, where political opponents of Orbán are tapped and spied upon without consequences.
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Every proper dictatorship requires full control over the military.
Especially, when the state capture coincides with a 180 degree turn in alliances.
I wonder where @PM_ViktorOrban's script is written.
#Hungary #statecapture
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-31/hungary-ousts-hundreds-from-top-army-ranks-defense-chief-says?leadSource=uverify%20wall
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On this day last year @PM_ViktorOrban arrived to Moscow for what he termed a "peace mission". Few days later Putin started its brutal war of aggression against 🇺🇦 & ever since Orbán plays the 🇷🇺 narrative: blocks sanctions, vetoes financial aid, protects warmongering oligarchs.
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Based on @anticorruption's latest report, 🇭🇺 has become most corrupt country in the 🇪🇺, on par with Burkina Faso but still somewhat ahead of Somalia.
This is not conservatism and Christian-democracy, but a cleptocracy of the worst kind, @PM_ViktorOrban.
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@KoskovicsZ Is this the European Skating Championship, where the Hungarian Skating Federation (headed by a Fidesz crony, Lajos Kósa) nominated 4 Russian citizens under sanctions, to participate for 🇭🇺, while Hungarian skaters left the country?
The Orbán government is a shame to our nation.
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The decision by 🇩🇪 to grant tanks to 🇺🇦 to fight 🇷🇺 agression marks the end of 50 yrs of Ostpolitik, a well-meant, pragmatic, economy-driven foreign policy. Today it's clear: you can’t treat 🇷🇺 with excessive leniency & values come first.
Read my latest 👇
https://www.gyongyosimarton.com/2023/01/28/the-end-of-german-ostpolitik-the-weekly-121/
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@_JakubJanda @general_pavel @iingwen A refreshing change after Zeman's years in office.
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If you ever want to place bets on who wins an election, all you need to do is watch who @PM_ViktorOrban supports and lay your odds on the competitor. This says a lot about the state of Hungarian diplomacy.
Congratulations @general_pavel!
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Viktor Orbán: In contrast to Western Europe "the media landscape in Hungary is varied and pluralistic".
Balázs Orbán, the political director of the PM: "Whoever controls the media of a country, controls its thoughts".
Who is lying?
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After elaborately expanding on 🇷🇺's despicable intentions to blast 🇺🇦 into an "ungovernable wreck", Orbán calls it a "no man's land".
Echoing 7/24 Putin's narrative on the war & hindering support for Kyiv also means betraying 🇭🇺, its allues & our interests.
Orbán is not my PM
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Orbán made it unequivocally clear today that he is prepared to lead 🇭🇺 out of the 🇪🇺, against the will of the majority of Hungarians.
The time has come for the EU to consider direct sanctions against a regime that plays on the Russian narrative and acts as Putin's Trojan horse.
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Happy Republic Day, India! 🇮🇳
I wish the Constitution celebrated today and that India was founded upon 73 years ago will always be respected by its leaders, especially fundamental and equal rights of all Indian citizens, regardless of faith.
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The 🇪🇺 limits 🇭🇺's access to the Erasmus & Horizon programs due to the Orbán gov appointing party cronies to head universities.
So what's the response of @TNavracsicsEU, minister in charge?
More universities should be taken over.
How does that serve 🇭🇺 interests?
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The autonomy of universities must be respected, as it is the first freedom and basis of our European civilization.
The EU should not sanction Hungarian students and researchers when Orbán tramples on this freedom today. The EU should punish Orbán and his cronies. @europarl_en 👇
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While inflation in Hungary soars at 22.5% (highest in Europe), the government increases teachers' wages (among the lowest) by only 12%, while prisoners' wages by 20%.
Terrible priorities, but the first reassuring sign that Orbán might be preparing for his time in jail. :)
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@FontanyiZs @europarl_en Kovács Bélát egész véletlenül nem a Fidesz hagyta futni? És az vajon kinek az érdeke volt? Tudom, bonyolult összefüggések ezek, de talán nem kellene hazaárulózni. Vagy kellene, csak a Fidesznek címezni.
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@Amilo1961 @europarl_en Szerintem egy álprofil alól nem ildomos takonygerincezni. De mivel mondtad, hogy fideszes vagy, semmi meglepő nincs ebben.
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If the EU can sanction Russia's elite for its aggression in Ukraine and corrupt MEPs for damaging our reputation, it should be prepared to do the same with family members, friends, cronies of the corrupt & autocratic Orbán regime.
This is what I talked about today @europarl_en 👇
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@vinczelorant Fair point. Any thoughts on the Hungarian government's daily exercise of veto? How does that impinge on "faith in solidarity"?
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