Published 30 December 2022 at 18.11
EU. EU MEP Guy Verhofstadt calls Viktor Orbán a “traitor” over the Hungarian prime minister's comments on the Ukraine war.
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“There is no other word for this… Orbán is a traitor!”
So writes the high-profile EU politician Guy Verhofstadt – who was formerly the leader of the liberal party group in the EU Parliament – in a Twitter post.
The 69-year-old Belgian liberal is upset about an interview with Orbán in the newspaper Magyar Nemzet just before Christmas.
In the interview, the Hungarian Prime Minister stated that the war in Ukraine is being prolonged due to the USA's very extensive military support to Kyiv.
– Ukraine can only fight as long as the USA supports them with money and weapons. If the Americans want peace, there will be peace, said Viktor Orbán.
In the same interview, Orbán announced that Hungary is “on the Hungarian side in the war between Russia and Ukraine”. This as a comment on the liberal platitude about “standing on the wrong side of history” that is often hurled at the Central European country.
Even the government of Ukraine is furious over Viktor Orbán's comment. According to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, they show “a morbid indifference to Ukraine and the Ukrainian people who are fighting against Russian aggression”.