“If we wish to protect Hungary’s freedom and sovereignty, we’ve got no selection however to occupy Brussels,” he stated.
Relations between Budapest and Brussels have soured dramatically in recent times. The EU has expressed issues about democratic backsliding in Hungary and Orbán’s ties to Russia regardless of President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Orbán has turn out to be more and more vocal about his animosity to the EU whereas additionally hindering the bloc’s makes an attempt to help Kyiv and dragging his toes over the ratification of Sweden’s bid to hitch NATO, of which Hungary is a member.
On Friday, the Hungarian prime minister made no secret of his many grudges in opposition to Brussels, accusing — with out proof — the EU of “abandoning” Europeans and main the continent to struggle.
“Now we are going to march to Brussels, and we ourselves will result in change within the EU,” he stated.
Orbán’s newest feedback come simply at some point after the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary David Pressman criticized the nation’s “dangerously unhinged anti-American messaging” and its “increasing relationship with Russia.”
