Is Orbán and Putin really going to divide Slovakia?
It would not be difficult to find arguments that the most dangerous politician in Europe in 2022 is Russian President Vladimir Putin. He attacked a sovereign neighboring country, committed war crimes, and threatened a nuclear attack. But who is Europe’s second most dangerous politician? A significant section of the Western European public today would probably agree that Putin has long been followed by Viktor Orbán. Orbán, who holds the back of the Russians inside the EU, refuses to give arms to Ukraine and even roars his constituents against Volodymyr Zelensky, whom he calls his opponent.
But how dangerous is Orbán really?
The President of the Slovak Parliament will offer an answer to this question on Sunday. Boris Kollár seems to be in the discussion show Na telo with the plan that it depicts narrative geopolitical threats for Slovaks, led by the Putin-Orbán duo, and will not address neighborly relations. Kollár has repeatedly mentioned in this connection that he considers the threat posed by Orbán to be real. “They are talking about Greater Hungary, they are buying real estate from us, they are issuing passports. This is not funny, “said the chairman We are a family and added that” Putin and Orbán will divide Slovakia in a moment “. He followed up on articles in the Russian media, in which the map of Europe looks completely different than today and according to which Hungary should gain territory at the expense of Slovakia and thanks to Putin.
Thus, Kollár actually spoke about the fact that Hungary can actually attack Slovakia militarily with the help of Russia in order to gain Slovak territory.
Restrained Szijjártó
How does the Hungarian government react? The Hungarian Foreign Minister, who very often and gladly emphasizes Hungary’s sovereignty and always very strongly rejects foreign criticism of Budapest, reacted with restraint and without the slightest sign of dissatisfaction or anger. The Speaker of Parliament has probably made a mistake for at least a decade, because today Slovakia and Hungary are members of the EU and Hungary depends on the development of bilateral relations, there is a brief answer from the head of Hungarian diplomacy.
Szijjártó had summoned the Ukrainian ambassador a week earlier because Kiyyv had called on Orbán’s government to finally choose between Moscow and the West.
What does it mean? Hungary, which