Linkevičius: Unpleasant Hungarians are a Trojan horse within the EU
The visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Hungary, Peter Szijjártó, to Minsk is an outrageous act for an EU country that has not yet decided what is more important to it – European money or Russian gas.
Ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius stated this on the air of Kyiv Radio NV, PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Hungary has recently had an agenda separate from the EU, separate from NATO. I don’t know what you can talk about in Minsk. If we go deeper, Minsk does not decide anything, including in the context of the war that Russia is waging against Ukraine. This fact itself is disappointing,” the ex-minister complained.
The radio host asked whether, in this case, Hungary could be considered “Russia’s Trojan horse within the EU”
“It is unfortunate because decisions in the European Union and NATO are made by consensus, and sometimes basic decisions cannot be made because some countries resist, and Hungary in particular does this. So you can call it a Trojan horse or some other horse, but the main thing is that this really, unfortunately, must be stated as a fact. It’s hard to predict how far all this will go, but everything looks somehow unpleasant,” Linkevicius complained.
He added that someday Hungary will have to decide whether to live without European money or without Russian gas and oil.
“By the way, there are also accumulations here regarding the rule of law in Hungary in relation to media freedom and so on. So it won’t be easy for Hungary in the future, and it will still be necessary to decide which side it is on. This visit is one of many examples of the recent behavior of this country, unfortunately.
It’s kind of bewildering, if you remember history, remember this whole struggle for your independence, 1956 and so on, all this seems to have been forgotten, and now everything is starting all over again, but not from the beginning,” the Lithuanian diplomat was indignant.
Linkevičius : The Troublesome Hungarians Are a Trojan Horse Within the EU