a HVG A selection of international newspaper articles that highlighted Hungarian aspects. According to the Financial Times, it is a big dilemma after his recovery Robert Fico Is he turning over a new leaf or is he seeking revenge and strengthening his power? Until now, the Slovak leader has been characterized by an increasingly divided society.
Before the fall election, he campaigned against the EU, Ukraine and immigration, but after the victory he did not try to thwart aid to Kiev, unlike his ally Viktor Orban. Brussels and a fair number of human rights and liberal opposition organizations have therefore warned that the country is moving in the same authoritarian direction as Hungary.
Neue Kronen Zeitung newspaper writes that the leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) has proposed appointing Viktor Orbán as president of the European Commission. According to Harald Velimski, this step “will be beneficial for the whole of Europe,” because the Hungarian Prime Minister is considered the counterpoint to the entire European Union leadership, and it will also be a guarantee that illegal immigration will not continue.
The actor denied that the Austrian Freedom Party would abolish the direct election of European representatives, although in February he described Viktor Orbán's initiative as worthy of study.
In the Politico article, he also wrote that EU officials fear it will cause more havoc within NATO than its Hungarian counterpart, which delayed the entry of the Finns and Swedes. The Brussels paper indicates that the two leaders refuse to appoint Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as a new Secretary-General.
But sources in Brussels revealed that Fico is not as violent behind the scenes as he is in public. “So he is not doing what Orban is doing,” they point out.
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