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ORBÁN: 'A VOTE FOR FIDESZ A VOTE FOR PEACE'

Europe may be "drifting into war", the prime minister said on Friday, declaring that the outcome of the upcoming EP elections would hinge on "the number of votes for pro-war forces as opposed to the number for the pro-peace camp".
 

„In Hungary, those who support peace will vote for Fidesz; those who vote for the left wing will cast their ballot for war,” Viktor Orbán said in an interview to public radio. „Europe is playing with fire at the border of peace and war,” Orbán said. Noting the war in Ukraine has lasted two years, Orbán said European leaders had been implementing sanctions, strategising and „drifting day by day, not from war to peace, but from peace to war”. „This is highly dangerous and I’m worried about Europe’s future,” he said. Recalling the war in the Balkans, he said that he had personal experiences of „the wind of war whistling past your ears”, and it was not fitting to agree with statements about the war „spoken as if it were an afternoon tea party”. Hungary, he added, was forced into a war twice, tragically sealing its fate. „We did not want to take part in either the first or second world war; we were forced into both and were among those who paid the highest price for this in the end,” he said, adding that the government would not allow Hungary to be forced into a war for a third time.