Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has stated that NATO has no business in Ukraine, as it is not a member of the Alliance, and that his task is to ensure that it remains that way.
    • msprout@lemmy.worldEnglish
      331·
      4 days ago

      Can’t we just combine Austria and Hungary again? Everybody loved that.

      Well, except Bosnian Serbs I guess.

      • Vikthor@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14·
        4 days ago

        Austria isn’t as blatant as Hungary but their policy is also pretty russia-friendly.

        And there is a reason A-H collapsed and it wasn’t just because of WW1 and Bosnian Serbs. Poles, Czechs, Slovaks, Romanians or basically anybody who wasn’t German or Hungarian hated the monarchy in the end(With the possible exception of the Croats, who reached some kind of agreement with Hungarians right before the collapse).

        • Allemaniac@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          3 days ago

          for a second I thought A-H stood for Adolf-Hitler lol those acronyms will one day be the death of me

    • Pilferjinx@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      Just suspend them until they meet NATO and EU standards again. It would really suck for Hungary and it’s neighbors to fall into full Russian control.

      • Allemaniac@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        3 days ago

        one might think the people of Hungary would feel the same way and would protest accordingly, but so far everyone seems very apathic to the fat autocrat in charge

    • rottingleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      3 days ago

      I don’t think there’s any need to evict it to pressure it to vote the right way.

      So Hungary blocking things is a collective performance.

      Or maybe not, then the leverage they gain from veto is more than the pressure put at them. In such case that leverage is apparently damn big and they are a small country.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    3 days ago

    FTFH: Orbán: “Ukraine is not NATO member and I intend was commanded by Putin to keep it that way”

    • Hikermick@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      3 days ago

      Quote: “NATO has no business in Ukraine. Ukraine, just like Russia, isn’t a NATO member, and my job is to make sure it stays that way.”

      He said it was “his job” but never mentioned who he works for

    • Mog_fanatic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      3 days ago

      “There’s nobody that’s better, smarter or a better leader than Viktor Orbán. He’s fantastic. He’s a noncontroversial figure because he said, ‘This is the way it’s going to be,’ and that’s the end of it, right? He’s the boss and … he’s a great leader, fantastic leader. In Europe and around the world, they respect him.”

      Donald Trump, predictably

  • Allemaniac@lemmy.worldEnglish
    241·
    3 days ago

    good thing our glorious german arms manufacturer Rheinmetall (creators of the Leopard tanks) built the world’s most high-tech tank factory in fucking Hungary of all places. Putin will soon sport some sleak looking new MBT’s in Ukraine thanks to us greedy Germans :)

    • Dicska@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      3 days ago

      If the next year’s elections fail and Orbán stays in power then we can start calling it Western Belarus from then on.

  • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    4 days ago

    Of course he will keep it that way. He won’t have the time to continue sucking off Putin if he has to think about NATO membership. Hungary needs to flush that miserable turd down the political toilet once and for all.

  • msprout@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    4 days ago

    Homie looks like the heel of a foot. Putin sure knows how to pick the pretty ones.

    • ViatorOmnium@piefed.socialEnglish
      17·
      4 days ago

      While he’s not as extreme as Órban, Magyar is also against helping Ukraine defend itself, and he’s being at least ambivalent about letting join the EU and NATO after the war.

      We might have a Hungary problem, not a Fidesz problem.

      • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.spaceEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        When faced with the choice of good relations with the EU (including funding and cooperation) and standing with Putin, Magyar may, unlike Orban, make the pragmatic choice.

      • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        11·
        3 days ago

        When you have someone blow the double of the whole healthcare budget on Ukraine fearmongering, who has been supported by a practically unlimited EU budget, it becomes hard to campaign on Ukraine.

        Magyar pledged to have a referendum on Ukraine joining, when the question actually comes up. I don’t know what else he can do right now, considering the situation.

        Most Hungarians support the unconditional early joining of Ukraine BTW, and a lot more support it if conditions are kept.