While most Western countries are concerned with extrajudicial security personnel from #China going after Chinese dissidents and other interference via secret police stations, Hungary just went and signed a deal with China: "lol, police from a totalitarian country officially patrolling our streets? sure thing"
Need I remind you all that #Russia invaded #Ukraine with "liquidation trucks" in tow--meant to destroy evidence of torture, rape, & assassinations. Putin's soldiers have kill lists. Children are being kidnapped en masse.
NATO is arming Ukrainians to prevent a modern day Holocaust.
Reese Gorman:
#Orban said #Trump told him during their meeting that "he will not give a single penny for the Russo-Ukrainian war."
“Hungary’s largest bookseller has started wrapping books that feature LGBTQ+ characters in plastic to prevent customers from opening them in stores after it was taken over by a private foundation with close ties to Viktor Orbán.
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Two years ago, the government passed a widely criticised law banning … the promotion and display of homosexuality and gender reassignment”
It is time for the #EU to deal with #Orban - and I say that as a strong supporter of Hungary and Hungarians in general - he and his party cannot be allowed to undermine us from within anymore and his country deserves better too.
"Nobody is forcing Hungary to stay in the EU," EU High Representative Josep #Borrell said in his address to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor #Orban.
“To be honest, I don’t see any similarities between the Soviet occupation of Budapest and what is happening in Berlamon [the headquarters of the European Commission]. I didn't see a single tank there. Nobody obliges Hungary to be a member of the EU,” Borrell said.
Republican role models are #Putin, #TFG & #Orban. Unless Dems gain more power, the future for America is bleak:
Orbán has now gerrymandered Hungary so thoroughly that he’ll never lose an election.
He’s shut down the free press, replacing it with a toady-type media landscape that'd make Fox “News” blush -attacks religious, gender, & racial minorities, bans books, oppresses women, & throws his opponents into jail or denies them the ability to make a living.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that his intuition tells him that EU countries will eventually find arguments to convince Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to unblock €50 billion in funding for Ukraine.
Prime Minister Viktor #Orban of #Hungary endorsed #Sweden’s #NATO membership after blocking it for 19 months, saying that the two countries are “ready to fight for each other.” - NYT
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that Ukraine should be left as a “buffer zone” between Russia and the West, which would provide certain security guarantees but not admit Ukraine as a member of the EU or NATO.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban once again called for peace talks with Russia, repeating the Kremlin's false notion that the West is fighting Russia, using Ukrainian people as proxies. The Ukrainian government rejected the notion of negotiation with Russia until all of the Russian troops are gone from Ukraine's sovereign...
👏🏻”European Union leaders agreed Thursday to more than $50 billion in aid for #Ukraine, overcoming opposition from Hungary to secure critical funding as battlefield progress stalls and support from US looks uncertain.
In emergency meetings in Brussels, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor #Orban, who has spent months railing against the aid, finally agreed to sign on — though the full terms remain unclear” https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/02/01/eu-ukraine-brussels-summit-orban/
120 MEPs demand Hungary be stripped of its voting rights over Viktor Orbán's 'unacceptable' actions
A cross-party coalition of 120 Members of the European Parliament demand Hungary be stripped of its voting rights over the country's democratic backsliding and Viktor Orbán's "unacceptable" use of veto power.
Rabid dictator Viktor Orban blocks vital $54 billion European aid package for Ukraine, a democracy, while Trump sings his praises and they exchange kisses. Trump would "end the war in Ukraine" by giving Ukraine to Putin!
Orbán initiates amending the constitution over presidential pardon case
This is the first time the Prime Minister has spoken up on the President's decision to pardon a man complicit in forcing minors to withdraw their testimony against the man who had sexually abused them.
#Hungary right now!! Anti-government demonstration and solidarity with victims of child abuse.
(There is a recent ongoing scandal that so far resulted in two high-ranking #Fidesz cronies resigning because they signed a pardon for a convicted abuser, probably due to his govt connections.)
Former Australian PM Turnbull: What #Trump and #Orban’s goal is to divide, take advantage of those divisions. This is supported by the right-wing media in America, particularly Fox, and it's doing unbelievable damage to your country. #ClusterFox
“There’s nobody that’s better, smarter or a better leader than Viktor Orban. He’s fantastic…He’s a non-controversial figure because he says, ‘This is the way it’s going to be,’ and that’s the end of it. Right? He’s the boss. No, he’s a great leader.”
“You know who he’s meeting with today down in Mar-a-Lago? Orbán of Hungary, who’s stated flatly that he doesn’t thinks democracy works, he’s looking for dictatorship.
I see a future where we defend democracy, not diminish it.”
Former president Donald #Trump again invoked authoritarian leaders at a rally Thursday, a reminder of a vision he has been outlining for a potential second term.
Trump referenced Russian President Vladimir #Putin, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, Chinese leader #Xi Jinping and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor #Orban.
Trump said the leaders were “at the top of their game, whether you like it or not.”
Eyebrows raised as Viktor Orbán to visit Donald Trump in Florida (www.theguardian.com)
Hungary’s PM arrives in US this week without a White House invitation as he pursues what critics call his ‘fantasy’ foreign policy
EU does not have fatigue from Ukraine but it does from Orban – Polish PM (www.pravda.com.ua)
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that his intuition tells him that EU countries will eventually find arguments to convince Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to unblock €50 billion in funding for Ukraine.
Orbán says Ukraine should be “buffer zone” outside EU and NATO (www.pravda.com.ua)
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that Ukraine should be left as a “buffer zone” between Russia and the West, which would provide certain security guarantees but not admit Ukraine as a member of the EU or NATO.
Orban once again blames West for war, calls for peace talks on Russian terms (kyivindependent.com)
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban once again called for peace talks with Russia, repeating the Kremlin's false notion that the West is fighting Russia, using Ukrainian people as proxies. The Ukrainian government rejected the notion of negotiation with Russia until all of the Russian troops are gone from Ukraine's sovereign...
Hungary’s Parliament Approves Sweden’s NATO Bid After Stalling (www.nytimes.com)
Budapest had been the final obstacle to the Nordic country’s joining the alliance, which has been trying to isolate Russia over its war in Ukraine.