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Hungary will approve Sweden’s NATO accession very soon – UPDATED
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At least that is what PM Viktor Orbán suggested in his yesterday State of the Nation speech in Budapest. It seems that Orbán – following the presidential pardon scandal – will not prolong the dispute with Sweden over its NATO bid and will not wait until the Swedish prime minister visits Budapest.
There is an interesting double-faced communication concerning the Swedish NATO accession. The Hungarian government says they support Stockholm’s bid, but the Fidesz parliamentary group resists. In some democracies, such a situation could be imaginable. In Hungary, that is unrealistic.
As insiders keep saying, Fidesz functions as an army. And nobody says ‘No’ in an army to a command from above.
Therefore, we can say that Orbán decides whether his parliamentary group gives the green light for Sweden. And he denied that from Stockholm for almost two years.
There is no good answer as to why he’s done that. The Hungarian government never expressed any prerequisites towards the Swedish government. They only said that some Swedish politicians do not ‘respect’ the Orbán cabinet and spread lies about it. Experts said Orbán blocks Sweden’s NATO bid because that is how he makes sure Erdogan does not remain alone.
Hungary will accept Sweden’s NATO bid
Previously, the Hungarian government said that Budapest would not be the last one to approve the Swedish NATO bid. But that is exactly what happened in January when Türkiye accepted it in just a few days. The Hungarian opposition called together an extraordinary session to follow the Turkish example, but Fidesz and KDNP lawmakers remained away.
The presidential pardon scandal could have allowed Orbán to settle the issue, and call together another extraordinary session to accept the President’s resignation and accept the Swedish NATO bid. But they missed that option for some reason.
Orban already lied when he said Hungary would not be the last to approve Sweden’s accession into NATO. Nothing that comes out of his mouth can be trusted. For the EU and NATO the only thing that matters is what Hungary has actually done and everything Hungary has done up to this point is all Kremlin directed sabotage of the collective security of Europe.
Two US senators are introducing a bi-partisan congressional motion condemning Hungary for its’ democratic backsliding and failure to approve Sweden’s accession into NATO. A bi-partisan congressional group arrives tomorrow in Hungary to meet with the government. It’s the end of the line for the Orban Kremlin Circus. America is now letting Hungary know without doubt that there will be serious consequences should Orban keep up this Russian inspired sabotage of NATO. Idiot Szijjarto made the usual Fidesz nationalist noises about how no one will come to Hungary and tell the government what to do but in reality that is what is happening. What a supreme waste of everyone’s time and energy this stupid Fidesz government engages in. They could have approved Sweden’s entry long long long ago and saved us all this crap.