"Orbán acts like a Hitler's henchman". Sybiha responds to blocking Ukraine's accession to the EU
Foreign minister Andriy Sybiha compared the policies of Hungary's pro-Russian prime minister Viktor Orbán with the actions of the country's Nazi dictator Ferenc Szálasi over blocking Ukraine's accession to the European Union. This was stated by a Ukrainian official, answering his Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó.
"Let's call a spade a spade, minister Szijjártó. When Viktor Orban says that he will not allow Ukraine to join the EU for the next 100 years, he is actually saying this not to the state of Ukraine, but to the Hungarians of Transcarpathia. It looks like a Freudian slip, with a reference to the tragic peace agreement for Hungarians, concluded more than 100 years ago. The height of cynicism," Sybiha wrote.
According to the minister, Orbán and his team "do not care about the welfare and safety of Ukrainian Hungarians," and the prime minister wants to continue to hold them hostage for his own "geopolitical adventures," as well as "launder money through various schemes and funds abroad to build another football field or a new private zoo with zebras".
The official emphasized that by blocking Ukraine's European integration, Orbán "is committing another crime against the Hungarian people and Hungary," adding that Kyiv's accession to the EU would bring peace closer and "guarantee security and prosperity" for the whole of Europe and all Hungarians.
However, Sybiha noted, this is not what the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin desires; he wants to drag out the war.
"By blocking Ukraine's accession to the EU, Orban is fulfilling Putin's whim and simultaneously blocking the restoration of peace in Europe and making Hungary an accomplice of the Kremlin regime. Today, Orbán is not even acting like Miklós Horthy, but like Hitler's henchman Ferenc Szálasi. This is a lesson from World War II," the official wrote.
He added that Hungary and its people do not deserve to "be on the wrong side of history again" as an accomplice of the Russian regime.
Miklós Horthy has been the head of an authoritarian regime in Hungary since 1920. Under his leadership, Budapest entered World War II in 1941 on the side of the Nazis. Later, however, Gorty tried to conclude a separate peace with the Allies, for which he was removed from power by the Germans in 1944.
Ferenc Szálasi was the founder and leader of the Hungarian pro-Nazi Party of the Crossed Arrows, who led Hungary in 1944-1945 after Gorty.
- On January 22, during a speech at a forum in Davos, president Zelenskyy hinted that Orbán should be "slapped on the neck" for his pro-Russian policies. Instead, the Hungarian prime minister said about "carefully chosen insults".
- Orban later said that his country would not allow Ukraine's European integration for 100 years. Sybiha denied such words, hinting at the connection between the Hungarian politician and the Russian dictator.
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