Orban warns EU poses direct threat to Hungary’s sovereignty
Hungary’s Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, said his country should fear the European Union (EU) more than Russia, arguing that Brussels now poses a “direct threat” to Hungary’s sovereignty.
In his annual state-of-the-nation address on Saturday, Orban said the EU's “oppressive machinery” is working to steer the upcoming parliamentary elections against his government.
The vote is set for April 12, and recent polls indicate a close contest between Orban’s ruling Fidesz and the opposition led by former party member Peter Magyar.
Orban has accused Magyar’s camp of operating under the influence of Brussels, which he says uses “censorship, intervention, and manipulation” to weaken his government.
“We must come to terms with the idea that those who love freedom should not be afraid of the East, but rather of Brussels,” Orban said.
He dismissed "exaggerated warnings" about the Russian President Vladimir Putin as “primitive and unserious,” insisting that Brussels represents a tangible and immediate threat.
Orban has been among the most vocal critics of the bloc's war-driven policies, especially its ongoing backing of Kiev in its war with Moscow.
He has also opposed Ukrainian membership in the EU, warning that Brussels’ policies risk dragging the bloc into a direct war with Russia.
His position on the Ukraine–Russia war has angered the United States and other Western governments backing Kiev.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky took aim at Orban during his address at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, saying," thanks to Ukraine," Orban can “think about how to grow his belly, not how to build an army” to counter the so-called Russian threat.
In response, Orban posted on X that comments like these are “precisely why [Ukraine] cannot become a member of the European Union.”
Russia’s Foreign Ministry condemned Zelensky after he mocked Orban at the Conference.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova took to Telegram to denounce Zelensky’s remarks as disrespectful, “And this is being said by a neo-Nazi drug addict who ruined his country’s army with money taken from Europeans, including Hungarians.”
Orban’s refusal to back Kiev and his critical stance toward Ukraine has drawn repeated attacks from Zelensky.
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