Hungarians won't die for Ukraine
The people of Hungary have no interest in dying for Kiev despite EU officials wanting to continue the Ukraine conflict, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said.
Budapest has long-opposed Brussels' policy of arming Ukraine in order to prolong the conflict with Russia, despite strong opposition to the policy within the EU.
'I come from a country that borders Ukraine. War-hungry politicians want us to believe that we must continue the war. But I warn you, this war is unwinnable,' Orban said in a speech at a rally of EU conservatives in France on Monday.
Peace must be negotiated, he stressed, stating that 'diplomats must retake control from the generals.'
We do not want to die for Ukraine. We don't want our sons to come back in a coffin. We don't want an Afghanistan next door.
Addressing decisions in Brussels and Berlin to divert billions into militarization, Orban said 'We do not want Brussels to implement a war economy under the pretext of the conflict.'
Hungary does not want the bloc to take out 'giga loans' or turn to the 'federalization of the member states' money,' he added.
In March, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen floated a proposal to marshal €800 billion ($914 billion) in debt and tax incentives to re-arm the EU in the face of what she described as a 'Russian threat.'
Last month, the European Council formally gave the green light to a €150 billion ($171 billion) borrowing mechanism to fund the bloc's militarization plan.
Russia has repeatedly brushed off claims that it plans to attack EU countries as 'nonsense,' and criticized the bloc's militarization efforts. Moscow has also accused Brussels of prolonging the Ukraine conflict by continuing to supply arms to Kiev.
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