Manfred Weber Attacks Viktor Orban's Pro-Peace Policies

In an interview for a German newspaper, European People's Party (EPP) President Manfred Weber strongly advocated for further support for Ukraine and attacked the Hungarian prime minister's pro-peace policies. The German politician said that legal migration is necessary, but that many of the migrants arriving in Europe are doing so illegally and must be stopped. In the run-up to the EP election,

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, EPP’s lead candidate, welcomes Manfred Weber, leader of the EPP group, at CDU's federal party conference (Photo: DPA/AFP/Michael Kappeler)
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Manfred Weber, CSU's lead candidate for the 2024 EP elections,  at a press conference after the CSU executive committee meeting (Photo: DPA/AFP/Peter Kneffel)

When responding to the likely strengthening of right-wing conservative parties after the the EP elections, the EPP chief said

"The firewall remains, we clearly distance ourselves from the radicals. We must reclaim our values. Enough of the tactical debate, get down to the issues! That is what people expect from us."

Weber campaigns with Orban's ideas

"Given the demographic processes, we need immigration," Manfred Weber said.

We need legal migration. [...]Unfortunately, 60 percent of the people who come to Germany are not migrants with a right to asylum, but simply illegal immigrants,

he said, stating a long-known fact.

In the interview, Weber also proposed a Mediterranean pact: "cooperation with Tunisia, Egypt and Lebanon based on the results achieved with Turkey", and a form of economic cooperation with North Africa in conjunction with the joint fight against the human trafficking mafia.

Anyone who wants to live permanently in Europe has to respect our values ​​and our legal system. That is the European way of life, a European guiding culture that applies to everyone,

he reiterated the high-sounding slogans in a Germany where the illegal migrants that have flooded the country are now calling for a caliphate.

Weber also pointed out that the European People's Party supports the right to asylum and the Geneva Refugee Convention.

But nowhere is it said that anyone has the right to spend their life in Germany in the future. There can also be safe third country concepts. That means:asylum, yes, but anyone seeking asylum cannot choose where. They must accept asylum where they get it.

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses a plenary session of the European Parliament  (Photo: Anadolu/AFP/Dursun Aydemir)

And this is exactly the view that Viktor Orban has held since the 2015 migrant crisis. Thus, in the run-up to the 2024 EP elections, Manfred Weber seems to be campaigning with ideas borrowed from the Hungarian prime minister.

Cover photo: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, lead candidate of the EPP, welcomes Manfred Weber, leader of the EPP group, at CDU's federal party conference (Photo: DPA/AFP/Michael Kappeler) 


 

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