With nationalists set for EU election gains, now is not the time for Hungary’s pro-Putin Europhobic leader to take the helm
Viktor Orbán was his usual poisonous self, spouting toxic twaddle in true Boris Johnson/Nigel Farage style. Hungary’s hard-right prime minister and Europe’s saboteur-in-chief warned supporters at a Budapest rally that, without him, their country would be overrun by millions of illegal migrants and cease to exist as a nation.
The EU was to blame, he said. The commission was under the spell of his liberal nemesis, the Hungarian-American philanthropist George Soros. It was secretly preparing to go to war with Russia over Ukraine. A vote for his ruling party, Fidesz, in this weekend’s European parliamentary polls was the only way to keep the peace.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/09/viktor-orban-hard-right-europe-elections
Author : Simon Tisdall
Publish date : 2024-06-09 04:00:05
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