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An attempt to create a superstate is emerging in the European Union that would give less power to democratically elected national governments and much more to the Brussels institutions, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office pointed out at the fifth annual Summer University of the Law Students’ Self-Education Organization.
Gergely Gulyás explained that there is a big attempt at uniformization in the EU, for example in migration, gender, family policy, or war issues. He pointed out that the European Union has some great things, such as common markets and border-free travel, but at the same time
a bad mechanism has been set in motion, in which “nine times out of ten decisions are made to the detriment of Hungary and Europe.”
On Hungary’s EU presidency for the second half of 2024, Gulyás recalled that the Hungarian government is the only one in Europe that has held the presidency before. However, there is only a moderate hope that radical changes will be initiated, so the main goal should be to move things forward.
On the ratification of Sweden’s accession to NATO, he emphasized that it has not been approved so far by the Hungarian parliament because the Swedes have “made unfair and unfounded accusations against our country” in recent years, so these issues need to be clarified first. He pointed out that it was in Hungary’s interest to have a strong NATO, one that would only be strengthened by the accession of a “Sweden-rich” country.
Asked about the Russian-Ukrainian war, the minister said that there was no realistic chance of Ukraine regaining the territories it wants, and that “it is also clear that Russia is not a threat to Central Europe, because in the past year and a half the Russians have not achieved rapid and breakthrough results,” with the Ukrainians initially receiving no armed assistance from anyone. According to Gulyás, without the Americans there will certainly be no peace talks between Ukraine and Russia. He emphasized that
for lasting peace, “the Western world supporting Ukraine must give security guarantees to Russia, but certainly not NATO membership to the Ukrainians.”
In the longer term, the deployment of peacekeeping troops and a myriad of similar solutions could ensure lasting peace in Ukraine, he concluded.
Via MTI, Featured photo via Pixabay
