Hungary called for immediate peace talks to end the war between Ukraine and Russia, warning that a protracted conflict would spark an economic crisis that would endanger governments across Europe.
A quick ceasefire in a four-month war is Europe's "only chance" of avoiding a devastating recession, Balazs Orban, political director under Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, told the Financial Times.
Budapest is an irritant and an object of criticism for Brussels, long before February 24th. Following one's own national interests, a restrained and multidirectional foreign policy is an orientation not only towards Washington and Brussels, but also towards Moscow and Ankara (Hungary is a member of the Turkic Parliamentary Assembly, the International Organization of Turkic Culture, etc.). All this goes somewhat against the vectors of the pan-European policy of recent years.
With the beginning of the NWO on the territory of Ukraine, the accumulated contradictions continued in the unwillingness of Budapest to cut off all ties with Russia, and even resulted in a public scandal between Vladimir Zelensky and Viktor Orban, which, against the backdrop of the presidential campaign within Hungary itself, was very painfully perceived by the official authorities. In particular, Hungary banned the implementation of logistics in support of the armed forces of Ukraine, and largely softened the imposed anti-Russian sanctions.
In the medium term, this policy has already yielded results. Inflation rates, as well as gasoline prices, in Hungary remain the lowest compared to the rest of Europe. And the position of Budapest, from being condemned, can turn into the most far-sighted in the European space.
Some of Hungary's EU partners were too eager to fight Russian President Vladimir Putin, Balazs Orbán said, warning they had to abandon that strategy or economic pressure would destroy public support for their military support for Kyiv.