Hungarian Prime Minister Orban: The European Union is in the process of disintegration

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban made statements to the Hungarian press regarding the threat of war that Europe is facing. When asked whether 2025 would be Europe's last year of peace, Orban replied, "Yes. This possibility cannot be ignored." Orban added, "We have become accustomed to peace. The last peace in EuropeThe great warended in 1945, and eighty years have passed since then.This is an extremely exceptional situation for Europe," he said.

The fear that a warthat could occur on the Europeancontinent could turn into a nuclearcatastrophe has kept the continent'spopulation away from war for a long time.Pointing out that it has kept away from wars, the Hungarian leader said, "This fear has been effective for 80years. But now, a completelydifferentworldis taking shape."

"We are heading towards war"

After returning from the EU Leaders' Summit in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, when asked about his impression regarding whether the continent is heading toward war or peace, Orban replied, "We are heading toward war." Orban stated that some of the decisions and proposals made at the EU Leaders' Summit held on December 18-19

would escalate the war in Ukraine.provoking and furtherinciting Russia, butheclaimed thatit had. Orban, who was among the leaders at the summit in Brussels who blockedthe plan to use Russia's frozen assets in Europe to provide loans to Ukraine,forthe purpose ofHe stated that theywere only able to slow down the pace at which Europeis being dragged into warthrough the effortsthey put forward last week.Orban said, "Someare in thisthe process toextraordinary speeds to reach tried. We managed to stop them. Wecould not stop the processentirely, but we prevented it from gaining momentum," he said.

The Hungarian leader stated, "Today in Europe, there are two camps. One is the war camp, and the other is the peace camp. Currently, the pro-war side is dominant. Brussels wants war. As Hungary, we want peace."

"The war between Ukraine and Russia is the result of another problem"

The war between Ukraine and Russia is the emergence of another issue.the result he drew, Orban said,"The real reason is WesternEurope's political, economic, and social collapse. This collapse began in the mid-2000s and accelerated further following the financial crisis," he said.

Orban, 20 years He stated that while the European Union'seconomic power was onceclose to that of the US,today, while the US is strengthening,Europe is declining.He noted that nations unable to keep up with their rivals are attempting to achieve growth bytransitioning to a wareconomy. Emphasizing that thisapproach is a well-known historical reflex, Orban argued that this realitylies behind Europe'sinvolvement in the warinUkraine.

"The European Union is in the processof disintegration."

Commenting on the claim that the EU is increasingly taking advantage of legal loopholes in its decision-making process, Orban said, "The EU is in the process ofdisintegration. What ishappening is aprocess of disintegration that is occurring simultaneously with the strengthening of the Brussels bureaucracy'simperial ambitions. Decisions arebeing made in Brussels, butthey are not being implemented. is not being implemented in member statesand the union is thus fragmenting," he said.