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Henri Foy, Brussels bureau chief of the Financial Times He confessed to the FT's morning newsletter:
Viktor Orban is right.
According to him, Orbán is on Wednesday “an act” In the European Parliament “Political theater” It was during it “He delivered his usual Eurosceptic speech, accusing Brussels of using ‘political weapons’ against him and other right-wing politicians.”
“But Orban’s comments on Russia hit a sore point regarding EU hypocrisy.”
According to Foy “When members of the European Parliament criticized her [Orbánt] Attracted by Russia's trade ties, Orban responded that EU exports to certain Central Asian countries – widely seen as intermediaries for Russian imports – were €1 billion more per month than they were before the all-out invasion of Ukraine, suggesting evasion. of wide-ranging penalties. “ The head of the Financial Times office in Brussels noted that Orban also cited a study stating that Western countries' purchases of Russian crude oil have increased since 2022, which will enrich the Russian budget by billions. After von der Leyen condemned him for the visa program used to bring Russians into Hungary, Orbán pointed out that the 7,000 Russians working in Hungary were dwarfed by the hundreds of thousands of Russians working in Germany, France and Spain.
Here Henry Foy gets to the point: Orban's accusations of hypocrisy should be taken seriously by mainstream EU leaders, who often blame him for Brussels not being tough enough on Moscow.
Maybe that's not quite true after all.”
