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FM Szijjártó: Hungary and Austria’s far-right parties back ‘common sense revolution’, slam Brussels
Hungary and Austria’s Freedom Party “are playing their part” in the common sense revolution underway around the world, Péter Szijjártó, the foreign minister, said on Friday.
At a press conference held jointly with Christian Hafenecker, the leader of the Austrian party, Szijjártó said the election victory of US President Donald Trump had given a great impetus to that revolution.
“We are proud that us Hungarians do our share in the revolution of common sense, but Austrians are doing their bit, too. If it were not like that, the Freedom Party would not have won the [general] election, it would not have had exceptionally good results in the municipal elections of Vienna, and would not be topping Austria’s public opinion surveys,” he said in a ministry statement.
The minister expressed his appreciation for the Freedom Party and thanked it for their constant support for Hungary and their “resisting the pressure to interfere in Hungary’s domestic affairs”.
Meanwhile, Szijjártó said that “Brussels is going against common sense … by supporting to a prolonged war in Ukraine rather than supporting peace … and by planning further sanctions packages which cause tangibly more damage to the European Union than to Russia.”
“They go against common sense when they make us pay one million euros each day just because we are protecting ourselves against illegal migration … or when they seek a procedure against us just because we are saving children from aggressive gender propaganda,” he added.
Szijjártó said “another senseless idea” of Brussels was banning the purchase of cheap gas from Russia, “thus compromising the security of energy supplies in Hungary”.
“Brussels wants Hungarian people to pay two or three times more for utilities than before … because Brussels wants to support Ukraine that way,” Szijjártó said. “This won’t be tolerated. We won’t let Brussels increase utility prices in Hungary for the sake of supporting Ukraine. We’ll oppose that proposal right to the end,” he added. “This is also an issue of sovereignty because each state has the sovereign right to select the kind of energy to buy and the country to buy it from,” he said.
The Hungarian government and Austria’s Freedom Party jointly support sovereignty, he said. “We won’t allow interference in our affairs from outside. We’re making it clear that we alone can make decisions about our countries’ future,” he added.
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