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Unfortunately, there are European leaders like Hungary’s PM Viktor Orban who expressed support for Trump in reaction to this event.
by layer8 2y ago
Unfortunately, there are European leaders like Hungary’s PM Viktor Orban who expressed support for Trump in reaction to this event.
- cmrdporcupine 2y agoCan we really put Orban in the category of "European leaders"? Seems more like "Putin followers"
- layer8 2y agoAs the leader of a EU country, he can veto top-level EU decisions, so in that sense he is.
- amelius 2y agoEU needs a new structure for taking decisions.
- layer8 2y agoYeah, good luck with establishing that. The 27 EU member states are still separate sovereign nations, and nationalism has been on the rise in recent years.
- hgomersall 2y agoThere is an alternative structure - multilateral agreements between nations, ignoring the EU entirely.
- amelius 2y agoThat would be a good idea, indeed, at least for military matters. It would eliminate the "Orban" problem.
- scott_w 2y agoHe can but it’s not a huge issue because the countries that want to act can do so outside of EU structures, which would be necessary given the UK isn’t in the EU.
- lm28469 2y agoWho cares about Hungary? Get France, Germany, the UK, Poland, the baltics and that's plenty enough
- squarefoot 2y agoHe has veto power as Hungary is part of the EU. It might sound strange from the point of view of the big guy that doesn't even recognize the International Criminal Court, but in the EU small countries have a voice too, although in this case it sadly works against the common good.
- nkmnz 2y agoWe (Germany) don’t need Hungary to order a thousand Taurus and a hundred thousand Drones and hand them to Ukraine. We don’t need Hungary to negotiate a nuclear umbrella with France. We don’t need Hungary to cancel F35, which will probably never be delivered anyways. Hungary, on the other Hand, needs Germany to pay most of their bills. It’s time to give Orban a taste of his own style.
- imcritic 2y agoYou, Germany, need Hungary selling you Russian LNG, as you, Germany put your head up into your ass with sanctions against Russia. You either change your position or your economy will continue to degrade and more of your factories will get closed and you will lose more positions on the market of automobiles and will get higher unemployment rate and higher unrest levels. And given your multicultural policy of welcoming Muslim immigrants - the unrest may get accelerated with just a few more "incidents" where someone rides into a crowd again or decides to start a jihad on some street in one of your cities.
- weavejester 2y agoChange their position how, exactly? Are you arguing for more or less sanctions?
- shiko_1st 2y ago[dead]