At a rally to commemorate the 1956 Hungarian Uprising, Hungary’s Viktor Orban compared the EU to the Soviet Union and criticized the bloc’s support for Ukraine in the face of Russia’s ongoing invasion.
Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Wednesday likened the European Union to the former Soviet Union and called on Hungarians to “resist” Brussels as they did Moscow in 1956.
Orban, who is closer to Russian President Vladimir Putin than any other European leader, drew the comparison in a speech marking the 1956 Hungarian Uprising against Soviet occupation, which was brutally put down by Russian troops.
Around 3,000 people were killed and 20,000 injured.
Except Hungary can leave EU any time they wish. So please if you don’t want to stay, just get the fuck out Hungary. You won’t be missed Orban.
No but ah… the free money!
You know, I don’t blame Orban as much as I blame the people that made a union they can’t effectively remove people from.
It’s that way on purpose si that countries can still have their sovereignity. Otherwise a couple of countries could bully smaller members and threatening them with expulsion. Also not many countries would be willing to jump through hoops only to be dropped after a minor issue pops up.
Well Hungary certainly doesn’t feel bullied, lol. Kind of just everyone else.
In this case, maybe. In a hundred others, not so much. EU doesn’t come free. It requires effort. It also has its share of corruption and sometimes even favoritism. It is the greatest thing that happened to the continent, but it isn’t a perfect shining beacon, sometimes it just sucks.
Well, I maintain it would work better if it “only” took a 3/4 majority to expel a member.
He doesn’t really want to do that though. Much more useful to Putin to stay in and keep trying to throw wrenches into the works and such.
Same reason why Russia tried to join NATO back in the 1950s
Wow I didn’t even know that Russia tried to become a member of NATO back in 1954.
But now I’ve read a very cool article describing the history around it:
https://www.military.com/history/russia-once-tried-join-nato-alliance-formed-counter-threats-russia.html
And yes you are right, Hungary is sabotaging EU from within, to benefit Russia.