‘Bosnia-Herzegovina is the last colony in the world. We are a colony because we have a foreign emperor…So until the High Representative leaves Bosnia and Herzegovina, the country, we can’t talk about the European Union because these are not European Union values…To have a foreigner who is ruling your country, this is not a European value.’
The European Parliament voted to weaken member states’ veto power in EU enlargement decisions, a step widely seen as aimed at neutralizing Hungary’s ability to block Ukraine’s accession. The move highlights growing pressure from Brussels to push Kyiv’s membership forward despite mounting political tensions ahead of Hungary’s parliamentary election.
Former UN Assistant Secretary General Michael von der Schulenburg sharply criticized the European Union’s handling of the Ukraine war, warning that Brussels has become more focused on sustaining the conflict than resolving it. According to him, EU institutions today appear neither willing nor capable of playing any meaningful role in peace negotiations.
Europe faces soaring energy prices as the Middle East crisis hits. EU bans on Russian oil and gas, pursued despite Member States’ objections, collide with insufficient green energy capacity. Hungary and Slovakia struggle to secure supplies, while Brussels sticks to ideology over pragmatism.
‘There has been much discussion about the competitiveness, or rather the lack thereof, of the European Union, and a number of solutions have been proposed within the community…’
Hungary’s National Assembly adopted a resolution opposing Ukraine’s EU accession and further EU war aid, arguing that admitting a country at war would draw the bloc into the conflict. The document also calls on the government to support peace efforts and prevent EU funds intended for Hungary from being redirected to Ukraine.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has urged the European Union to suspend sanctions on Russian energy amid soaring prices triggered by the war in the Middle East. Orbán warned that Europe’s current vulnerability is the direct result of ideology-driven policies that replaced cheap Russian pipeline gas with dependence on volatile global LNG markets.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said he would push the European Commission to pressure Ukraine into allowing an inspection of the Druzhba pipeline, while backing Hungary in blocking a 90 billion euro EU loan for Kyiv.
Ukraine reportedly denied EU leaders access to the Druzhba pipeline during their Kyiv visit, according to diplomats cited by the Financial Times, deepening an already fraught dispute over halted oil transit that has become central to Hungary’s election campaign.
‘For the EU, Moldova has become a litmus test for whether enlargement can be redesigned for an era of permanent instability. Successful integration would anchor the eastern flank, signal that the EU can still shape its neighbourhood, and close off a key corridor for Russian influence. Failure would expand the grey zone of uncertainty on Europe’s borders…’
At a time when public debate is increasingly polarized and superficial, Hungarian Conservative remains committed to depth and independent thought.
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