What a disgrace. I wish all Hungarians Godspeed in getting rid of the Anti-EU idiots in power.
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Uhh the hungarians put them in power ;_;
They are about as bright as the americans
In my anecdotal experience I think itβs somewhat true for the older generation, but Iβve seen initiatives and protests of the younger generation, more progressive generation that are absolutely pro-EU - despite the blatant anti-EU propaganda that can be seen on almost any street corner when traveling through Hungary.
With allies like Hungary, who needs enemies?
Hungary must change its government or leave the EU. The current government stance doesn't adhere to the European values, and the government alliances don't match with the remaining EU countries or EU as a whole.
They still value the EU funds they get to improve their economy...
Viktor Orban is a hostile nation asset and should be treated accordingly.
why do they still keep hungary in the eu? why not add belarus too while they are at it. Clearly hungary is aligned with russia more, so isnt keeping them around kind of a security risk too?
I always hear Hungary fucking everything up, why not boot them from the union at this point? They clearly are an actor for a hostile nation, so there's no need to deal with their bullshit.
There is no mechanism for removing a member state from the EU other than a voluntary exit.
And as long as Hungary is getting any kind of monetary benefits from the EU, which Orban can steal, he won't pull such a move.
Also his handlers in Moscow might find him more valuable in the EU than outside, so they likely would object to that.
Then clearly one must be made in order to handle this type of sabotage from a union members.
Maybe we could suspend their membership removing privileges and voting rights, while Hungary is investigated for compliance of EU regulations on for instance their freedom of speech, courts and democracy.
I'm betting a mechanism could be created. It hasn't happened because Germany and France don't want it to, yet. That could change.
Any EU decision must be unanimous, though.
It can still be unanimous among the rest of the nations to be deemed legitimate.
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Hungary is undermining the EU at every turn, if the rest of the membership wish to boot them out I think it would be quite easy for them to write up a compelling case for how and why.
There's no such thing as 'must be'. There's only as much as the member states will put up with. If the cost exceeds the value, it will get changed, along with any rules that supposedly prevent it. The only thing the rules do is set a higher cost.
That's just not true.
Hungarians will have a new government in a few weeks. Ukraine just needs to outlast the election cycle.
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I truly hope so, but..
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it might turn out to be just a little bit less horrible.Β
Can you elaborate?
Several of the claims made by your paywalled article are just uncritical repetitions of misinformation peddled by the OrbΓ‘n government.
Magyar is not perfect, but IDK why the FUD
Nobody is perfect and I don't expect any politician to be. He's for sure better than Orban and I would definitely vote for him if I was Hungarian, because I do believe in avoiding greater evils. That said, his positions on Ukraine or EU integration are far from ideal.Β
The article is worth looking for a paywall remover ;)
Please take it from a Hungarian, you don't know how bad is it in there.
He is for tighter EU integration, and he is wishy-washy on Ukraine because he's being called "Pete Ukrainian, the puppet of Brussels and Zelenskyy" by all radio channels, all but one TV channels, 70% of all billboards, every state news broadcast, every local newspaper and so on basically every 30 minutes for the past 2 years.
There is total media capture in Hungary by the government, and you can't beat that if you let them dictate the topic of the day. The government wants the election to be about Ukraine and geopolitical 4D chess, Magyar wants it to be about rich people raping orphans and the total collapse of state services.
So we don't talk about Ukraine. It fucking sucks. We also don't talk about a lot of other very important topics.
I am pretty sure Ukraine can last 40 days until the next election.
If you can't get rid of a EU member all other members need to quit the EU and found a new one, without said member π€
Starting a new EU isn't really feasible either since it'll be the "old" EU who holds all the trade-deals and other agreements/contracts.
If the old EU only comprises of Hungary, the new EU would get just the same trade deals within a day, I reckon.
Still need to negotiate and sign deals. It's not a quick process and some counties might want to change some things.
All in all it'll be very complicated and messy. Not really realistic tbh, but a fun thought experiment.
I get that 1956 was a while ago, but still...