National Side Cannot Be Blackmailed As Shown by Viktor Orban’s Combative Yet Optimistic Campaign Launch

The stakes are not only whether the Fidesz–KDNP party alliance can continue governing, but also whether Hungary’s sovereignty can be protected, said the senior analyst from the Center for Fundamental Rights evaluating the Prime Minister’s speech delivered in Bekescsaba. Tamas Pindroch pointed out that Viktor Orban also made clear that the national side cannot be blackmailed: whoever bites us will break their teeth.

Based on a coordinated position with Slovakia, Hungary has halted diesel exports to Ukraine as a countermeasure and, by exercising its veto, is blocking Brussels’ €90 billion war loan. Until cheap Russian oil arrives in Hungary through the Druzhba pipeline, the loan will remain blocked. The possibility of suspending electricity exports to Ukraine is also under consideration, the analyst recalled.

Cover photo: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (Photo: Balazs Ladoczki)