"A strange feeling grips me when arriving in Brussels from Hungary, as our country looks like quite a normal country in comparison because back home there is calm, prudent and rational thinking," Viktor Orban said on MR1 Kossuth Radio's "Good Morning, Hungary" program. Commenting on the EU summit, the PM said that the leaders in Brussels were talking as if they were fighting their own war with the Russians.
It's like I have arrived in another galaxy,
he said of the atmosphere of war in Brussels.
War spiral
"They are in a war spiral that is producing increasingly worse outcomes," he said, stressing that there is now talk of stationing troops in Ukraine, "which is shocking to the Hungarian ear".
What is most alarming, the premier continued, is that what would have been unthinkable two or three months ago is now becoming commonplace. Before, the Germans did not want to send weapons, they sent helmets. Now, Germany is considering giving Ukraine missile systems that can be fired into Russian territory.
This is not a video game. This is reality. People dying the next day can be the consequence of a given decision, and hundreds of thousands have died already. The consequences of decisions made here create widows, orphans and ruined lives and cities.
He said that as a believer of reasoned debate, he is willing to talk to anyone, but pointed out that we have to dig our heels in somewhere.
There exists an organized political force in Hungary that would drag the country into the conflict,
he warned, but added that fortunately, the majority of Hungarians are against the move.
Brussels is in George Soros's pocket
The Hungarian government regularly offers citizens the opportunity to express their opinions on issues affecting everyone, he said, adding that major decisions for the country are not made without it.
In the West, too, people are more supportive of anti-war political forces, yet this hasn't led to a pro-peace turnaround in Europe because Brussels has in fact fallen captive to the George Soros network.
The Soros network is embedded in the European institutions, with the EU providing them money to operate,
he stated, noting that this also makes it near impossible for the opinions of European people to be heard.