Hungary’s Orban says Trump victory would force Europe to rethink support for Ukraine

November 3, 2024 MeighTimbol News 0
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban attends a panel discussion on the topic 'Peace in Europe' and organised by Swiss weekly journal 'Die Weltwoche' in Vienna on October 31, 2024, during his visit to the Austrian capital. According to Austrian agency APA, the discussion will focus on the situation in Europe in light of Russia’s war against Ukraine. (Photo by Eva MANHART / APA / AFP) / Austria OUT
Published November 3, 2024
BUDAPEST, Nov 3 (Reuters) – Europe will need to rethink its support of Ukraine if Donald Trump is elected president of the United States, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Sunday, as the continent “will not be able to bear the burdens of the war alone”.
Orban opposes military aid to Ukraine and has made clear he thinks Trump shares his views and would negotiate a peace settlement for Ukraine.
He backs former president Trump, the Republic candidate, to beat Democratic candidate Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s U.S. election.
“We (in Europe) need to realize that if there will be a pro-peace president in America, which I not only believe in but I also read the numbers that way, … if what we expect happens and America becomes pro-peace, then Europe cannot remain pro-war,” Orban said.
Ukraine will be high on the agenda when European leaders meet in Budapest in the coming week, he said, referring to a European Political Community meeting and a more informal meeting of EU leaders due to take place.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban attends a panel discussion on the topic ‘Peace in Europe’ and organised by Swiss weekly journal ‘Die Weltwoche’ in Vienna on October 31, 2024, during his visit to the Austrian capital. According to Austrian agency APA, the discussion will focus on the situation in Europe in light of Russia’s war against Ukraine. (Photo by Eva MANHART / APA / AFP) / Austria OUT
 Published November 3, 2024

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that he is “convinced” that if Donald Trump is sent back to the White House, he will immediately bring about a diplomatic solution to the war in Ukraine, with or without the help of the European Union.

Speaking alongside former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder from Vienna this week, Mr Orbán said that if elected next week, Trump’s team will “sit down with the Russian president in no time and negotiate,” adding, “We are preparing.”

Orbán, one of the former president’s chief allies in Europe, accused Brussels of operating under a delusion, arguing that the EU leadership has refused to accept or failed to understand that Ukraine cannot win the war, Die Welt reports.

“This war is lost,” Orbán said. “The situation is getting worse and worse. If Europe does not want to send its own soldiers, it must finally accept that. The fact that Europe is proud of not communicating with Russia is barbaric and diplomatically illiterate.”

 

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