"We have to be careful when we talk about this. It is difficult to assess the impact of such a meeting. Hungary needs to be clear about its place and its weight, but the situation today is that there is no dialogue, without which it is difficult to see how we can move towards peace," Viktor Orban said on Hungarian public radio's Good Morning, Hungary program. The Hungarian prime minister pointed out that
Europe could do more to move us towards peace, because it will not come without efforts.
Moral pressure
"I can do only one thing: I go to those places where there is a danger of war that poses a threat to Hungary.
We can be a good tool in the hands of people who want peace helping the parties to embark on a long road that ends with a ceasefire and peace negotiations,
he said, adding that, unfortunately we can only take the first steps on the road to peace.
Since Europe decided to get involved in this war, surveys of the war are also part of the war, therefore they are manipulated. In PM Orban's view, there is moral pressure on people, because Europe is about peace, and people feel that we have been waiting too long for the US to create peace. As he sees it, people are worried about the economic impact of the war.
If we send money to the front line, how will we achieve economic growth here? How are we going to emerge from this economic situation in Europe?
Viktor Orban asked, noting that
peace would be morally right and, on the other hand, peace would make Europe successful.
Patriots for Europe
Speaking about setting up the Patriots for Europe faction in the EP, he said that there will be an inaugural meeting on Monday, bringing together parties that have already decided to join, but have not yet announced it.
"It will not happen now, but on Monday, when we will have a list, and you will see that all this is not empty talk," PM Orban said.
Hungary's prime minister noted that there is no head of government in Europe today who would not trade places with him, pointing out that the governing forces in both Germany and France are in a difficult situation.
Never before in France has the right wing been able to break through the cordon placed around it and win a parliamentary election. A momentous event is taking place that will have an immediate impact on the whole continent,
Viktor Orban said, assessing the French elections. He highlighted that Marine Le Pen's party has become the largest national party group in the European Parliament.