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Foreign ministry: Brussels trying to pressurise Hungary into taking pro-war stance for years
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Brussels has been trying to pressurise Hungary into taking a pro-war position for years, a foreign ministry official said on Friday, insisting that peace appeared to be a “new dirty word” in the Brussels lexicon.
Boglárka Illés, the state secretary for bilateral relations, told public radio that Budapest would have happily hosted the European Union’s informal foreign affairs council meeting, and there would be more opportunities to do so in the upcoming weeks.
“It is obvious that they are not picky when choosing between their various means — and they thought this could be a means to force Hungary to change its position or at least they have tried to put pressure” on Hungary, she said, adding that the government was responsible for Hungarian voters and their security, and sticking to the pro-peace position was a priority.
As long as Brussels plans to free up further billions from the European peace allocation in order to buy weapons, then “Hungary will stick to its position”, Illés said. While Hungarian companies are discriminated against in Ukraine and decisions are made that threaten Hungary’s energy security, Hungary will not support the plan, she added.
Brussels believes in dictatorship and refuses to respect sovereignty of individual member states.
It is time that half-wit members of Brussels realized that the Hungarian people voted by a referendum to stay out of Ukraine/Russia melee. The Hungarian government is obligated to uphold the wishes of the citizens. This is called democracy.