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“Give peace a chance!” wrote Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Facebook on Tuesday, explaining why he did not support the European Council’s statement ahead of the Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska.
The head of government wrote that just four days before the historic summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, the European Council attempted to issue a statement on behalf of all EU heads of state and government.
“Before the liberal-mainstream chorus begins its rendition of their favorite ‘Putin’s puppet’ tune, I decided to share why I could NOT support the statement on behalf of Hungary, ” Viktor Orbán wrote.
The Prime Minister summarized in three points why he did not sign the joint statement. In his view, the statement attempts to set conditions for negotiations to which EU leaders have not even been invited.
Just four days ahead of the historic summit between President Trump and President Putin, the European Council sought to issue a statement in the name of all EU heads of state and government.
Before the liberal-mainstream chorus begins its newest rendition of their favourite…
— Orbán Viktor (@PM_ViktorOrban) August 12, 2025
Orbán believes that it is sad enough that the EU has been sidelined. “The only thing that could make things worse is if we started providing instructions from the bench,” he noted.
The only sensible action for EU leaders is to initiate an EU-Russia summit, based on the example of the US-Russia meeting,”
he added.
“Let’s give peace a chance!”- Orbán concluded his post, referencing the famous song by John Lennon.
Via MTI; Featured photo: MTI/Miniszterelnöki Kommunikációs Fõosztály/Fischer Zoltán