Europe is in a situation that is new to most Europeans, which is that there is a war on the continent, Péter Szijjártó said. This war is happening in Hungary’s neighbourhood and poses serious dangers for all of Europe, including Hungary, he said. The closer a country is to the war, the greater risk it faces of the war spreading further, he added. Szijjártó warned that European political leaders were „suffering from war psychosis”, and that their „irresponsible remarks and decisions carry the risk of the war spreading further”.
„We’ve even heard some completely mad positions, not only about sending European troops to Ukraine, but also about installing nuclear weapons,” he said. Szijjártó said that if just one more European country got involved in the war, it would trigger a threat of a world war, arguing that this other country would certainly be a NATO member, and a NATO country getting into a direct conflict with Russia „would obviously result in the outbreak of another world war”. He said that on June 9, European citizens would get to decide whether they want war or peace.