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The Hungarian presidency of the Council of the EU will represent the voice of those who want change in the European Union and will keep the hope for change alive for the next institutional cycle, the Minister for European Union Affairs said in Brussels on Tuesday.
Speaking at an event organized by the Foundation for a Civic Hungary‘s Brussels office, János Bóka stressed that the results of the European Parliament elections clearly showed not only the need for change, but also the desire for change, as expressed by Europeans themselves. “All those political forces that campaigned for change have been strengthened, and all those that said that things must go on as they are have suffered losses,” he stated.
At the summer reception hosted by @CivicHungaryFdn told that a new European alternative emerged after the #EUelections2024 representing the call for change. #HU24EU hears the call. pic.twitter.com/oyLTwU3sr3
— Bóka János (@JanosBoka_HU) July 9, 2024
The Minister emphasized:
The European Union could have done much more in the last five years to become an independent global player,
able to identify and pursue its strategic interests and to take responsibility for its own security with its allies and partners, but also on its own if necessary.”
Over the last five years, the European Union has done nothing to address the migration crisis, has not protected the external borders of the European Union and has not explored innovative solutions to help it do so, he noted. The EU has also failed to reverse the decline in its economic competitiveness over the past five years and has not given a perspective to European agriculture, the politician said.
When Hungary was preparing for the presidency of the Council of the EU, it clearly identified the need for change in these areas. The European Parliament elections confirmed the direction of this preparation, János Bóka stressed.
“We will work to strengthen European security and defense policy so that the European Union can take greater responsibility for its own security and defense.
We will open a strategic debate on the future of European agricultural and cohesion policy to make sure that the achievements of these highly successful policy areas can continue in the next budget cycle”,
said the Minister, adding that the Hungarian Presidency will look at EU enlargement as an objective process. “It is time for strengthened cooperation between the political forces that want change, because for the first time in history it has become possible to create a new majority in the European Parliament,” the EU Affairs Minister added.
Ádám Kavecsánszki, President and CEO of the Foundation for a Civic Hungary, pointed out that Hungarians want and have never wanted anything but freedom and democracy.
He underlined that the EU elections were further proof of how the traditional elite in Brussels had distanced themselves from the intentions of the founders and were ignoring the will of the electorate. In this context, he recalled that 84 patriotic, freedom-fighting MEPs from 12 European countries, who love Europe not for their own country but for their country, understood the winds of change and founded the Patriots for Europe (PfE) group, the third largest and perhaps the strongest community in the European Parliament. The rallying cry of this emerging and strong community points in one direction, towards one goal: to make Europe once again Europe’s, and once again strong and proud.
Via MTI; Featured image via X/Bóka János
