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Fidesz MEPs call for European peace plan
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The MEPs of ruling Fidesz are calling for the drafting of a European peace plan to replace the “failed sanctions policy” and weapon deliveries to Ukraine, MEPs Kinga Gál and Tamás Deutsch said in Strasbourg on Wednesday.
Speaking ahead of a plenary session of the European Parliament preparing for an European Union summit at the end of the month, Gal said European decision-makers failed to discuss peace even as the number of victims was climbing.
European leaders, EP President Roberta Metsola among them, urge further weapon deliveries and a joint purchase of weapons, she said. That threatens the EU with being dragged into the war, and raises the spectre of a world war, she warned.
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“We need to broker peace to save lives and forestall further destruction. The conflict has only one solution: a ceasefire and peace talks,” Gál said.
Deutsch said Hungary’s was the “only pro-peace approach in a sea of slogans for war, sanctions and weapon deliveries”. Hungary and the Vatican stand together on their position for peace, he added.
Well Mr. Deutsch won’t have to wait long. Very curious what our new Integrity Authority is going to state in their 2022 report, due this week. Also important because the European Union will be watching, this time (I recall there was a similar body in 2013 which did not get very far due to legal information restrictions voted through by our Politicians). Whattaboutism only gets you so far. We have few arrests for corruption in Hungary, and not many serious investigations (we currently have Schadl-Völner – that’s about it – maybe Mrs. Varga will also be heard in that case, which Government is trying to avoid).
Again, our Politicians keep on banging on about the “utterly failed” policy of sanctions and weapon deliveries – without any factual underpinnings. There are entire university departments dedicated to qualify and quantify the impact of the sanctions (look around – lots. Good coverage on this by Deutsche Welle if you want a more accessible format). Our Politicians somehow prefer to look at Rosstat (the Russian Federal State Statistics Service) figures…