Gergely Gulyás: The left is a competitive disadvantage for Hungary

“Currently, the European Commission is a better partner than the left-wing of the Hungarian opposition,” revealed Gergely Gulyás on Wednesday at the 31st Bálványos Summer University and Student Camp at the event titled “Quo vadis Európa? - What next, Europe?” According to Ludovic Orban, former Romanian Prime Minister, the rules of democracy will be changing in the future. András Schiffer believes the West is handling Russia with a double standard. Zoltán Zakariás, Member of the Romanian Parliament of the Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania, believes that the EU must show unity in the changing world order.

“We must find the political line where our energy sources still function. At the same time, we must find a solution to using alternative sources which will put an end to this dependency. It is clear that diversification is necessary,” explained the former president of the Romanian National Liberal Party.

China and the USA win

“It seems that the countries of the region have not even begun considering solving energy dependence. As if it were a natural rule that the countries of the region must be dependant and heavily export-driven. Sooner or later, we will pay a hefty price if we overly expose our country to foreign interests. We may now face a multitude of problems that we could be able to solve on the European level, but even that may not be enough,” said András Schiffer. The former Member of the Hungarian Parliament believes that sanctions policies are definitely not in the interest of Europe.

“At the end of the day, this may be good for China and certain American companies, and most likely the aggressor will win as well. I must note that it is unforgiveable to attack a country and use violence against civilian targets. But let’s not use a double standard here.On one end there is moral outrage, but at the same time, the West has trampled all over international law just as much as, if not more, than the Putin regime,”– he explained.

We must show strength

“We lived under communist oppression far too long to not allow ourselves to speak openly and directly. We cannot make the right decisions unless we insert ourselves in the systems of the world. If the goal is to keep the EU competitive and stay at the decision-making table, then we must say that the EU must show a very unified approach,” said Zoltán Zakariás. The MEP of the Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania believes that a community can show its strength if it has autonomy.According to him, we must establish a common unity strong enough to ensure that countries in weaker economic situations can develop to the level of the stronger ones.“If these were peace times, then we would be able to debate in much calmer circumstances. However, right now we must make a decision in a difficult situation while two halves of Europe are in deep disagreement,” said the MEP in closing.

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