European Union is an empire that wants to colonize Ukraine. War with Russia is way to do it, - Orban
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban called the European Union an "empire" and accused it of intending to colonize Ukraine, forcing Kyiv to allegedly continue the war with Russia.
He said this in a speech near the National Museum in Budapest on the occasion of the national holiday, Censor.NET reports citing the EP.
Orban devoted a significant part of his speech to Ukraine and the Hungarian struggle against the "rainbow empire" in Brussels.
According to the Hungarian prime minister, the "belligerent" Brussels wants to colonize Ukraine, not help it. This is how he explained to his supporters why Brussels wants Ukraine to join the EU and why Hungary should say no to it.
"The empire does not want to help Ukraine, it wants to colonize it. The means of colonization is war. The masters of Europe decided that Ukraine should continue the war," Orban said.
"In return, it will get a quick EU membership. For our money. We can only answer one thing: Union, but without Ukraine!" he said.
At the same time, Orban did not specify why it is beneficial for the EU to continue the war if it wants to colonize Ukraine, and what responsibility Russia, which started the war, bears for this.
In addition, after the extraordinary EU summit on March 6, the Hungarian prime minister announced that he would initiate a national consultation on Ukraine's accession to the EU.
Orban called on his supporters to take part in the poll.
"A year ago, the question was whether we want to die for Ukraine. Now the question is whether we want to participate in Ukraine's accession. Dear friends, let's vote!" he added.
As a reminder, on March 6, the leaders of 26 of the 27 EU countries approved the final communiqué of the European Council's extraordinary meeting in support of Ukraine during a summit in Brussels. The only leader who did not support these conclusions was Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Also, during the discussion of the draft conclusions of the European Council on March 20-21, representatives of Hungary again insisted on reducing the section on Ukraine, removing references to continued military support for Ukraine and "peace from a position of strength."
