INTERVIEW WITH HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBÁN
“I’ll only believe that Mrs. Merkel is leaving when I see it“

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The EU wants to be strong against Russia and China; it wants to act united. You, however, keep going your own way.

Orbán: “Let us look at the facts. The sanctions on Russia have led to growing trade between Germany and Russia. A Russian gas pipeline was even built leading to Germany. At the same time, Hungary’s exports to Russia decreased by 8 billion euros. From my perspective, it looks as if the big European countries have pushed us Central Europeans out of the trade and have taken our places. And all of this was then called sanctions. Something similar applies to China.”
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