Analyst: Hungary is not interested in being blocked because it is located on the main trade route
According to the research manager of the Center for Fundamental Rights, “there has been a continuous catch-up strategy in the last ten or twelve years”.
The joint program of KARC FM and the Center for Basic Rights, For the hour of justice His guests were Erik Tóth, research director of the analytical institute, and geopolitical analyst Zoltán Koskovics. During the conversation, he recalled that he had given a comprehensive presentation about the next decades of Hungary economic strategy Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the Christmas dinner of the Kálmán Széll Foundation.
In connection with this, editor-presenter Imre Czirják asked him what they think are the biggest challenges facing Hungary – reads Magyar Nemzet in its summary. In his response, Erik Tóth referred back to Viktor Orbán’s exposure when he became Prime Minister, when the Prime Minister said,
“we have entered the age of danger”.
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“This is apparently true, with common peasant common sense, since the coronavirus epidemic is behind us, the war is here now, and the energy crisis caused by the sanctions policy in the wake of the war. And we have entered the peak of the latter2, and then there is the biggest challenge of the year 023, the horror of the European recession” said the research leader.
Tóth then stated, “in such a situation, every responsible leader thinks about how to avoid this or turn it to our advantage: this is the new, or perhaps not so new, but fine-tuned Hungarian strategy, the starting point of which is the Hungarian national interest”
“In short, the Prime Minister’s strategic vision aims to
In this extremely difficult situation, Hungary should be able to break out of the circle of medium-developed countries,
and be able to join the circle of developed countries” – said the center’s research director about the Prime Minister’s geopolitical-economic vision.
You have to connect the blocks
“The will of the Hungarians, and of all the governments that followed the regime change, for Hungary to catch up with Western states, Austria and other more developed countries in terms of development, received a kind of boost after 2010, when the re-industrialization strategy of the Orbán government was launched.
In the past ten or twelve years, there has been a continuous, well-defined catch-up strategy”
Erik Tóth emphasized.
According to Tóth “you don’t have to choose blocks, you have to connect the blocks, but not only in the west-east direction, but also in the north-south direction.”
It is in Hungary’s interest to be able to maintain its trade relations with the eastern strongholds as well
Zoltán Koskovics, the geopolitical analyst of the Center for Fundamental Rights, then drew attention to the fact that “if we live in a world where there is greater openness towards each other’s countries, then Hungary is located on the main road of trade and culture. However, in the event that the blockade develops again, Hungary could easily be pushed to the periphery of the West.”
The geopolitical analyst addedthat it is in the interest of our country to be able to maintain its trade relations with the emerging eastern strongholds, even if Hungary is under pressure to liquidate them.
The entire conversation HERE they can listen to it.
Opening image: Viktor Orbán’s Facebook page