And she belongs to European conservatives. Imagine what Orbán’s campaign would look like if she were, say, socialist…
The same. Orbán is not actually a conservative in the global sense, he’s fully supporting price caps and redistribution policies.
It’s just that every policy of theirs has an angle for stealing.
It’s just that every policy of theirs has an angle for stealing.
So your typical conservative then?
Conservative is not the same as pro-free-market. Most fascists are outright reactionaries and a key feature of fascism is being against free market capitalism - historically fascism has presented itself as opposed both to capitalism and socialism.
The president “has full trust in the capacity of the Hungarian public to make up its own mind based on objective, factual information as to what we do,”
Spoiler alert: they’re dumb as a rock.
Sure, it’s not really nice to generalize, and respect to those who actually are able to use their brains, I know there are a few. But the majority is either dumb or corrupted or both. They believe everything they see on TV or billboards without a doubt.
Maybe the EU should put up Billboards in Hungary, informing about Orbans corruption and stranglehold on the Media
Government aligned companies own the vast majority of the billboards.
This means both that a ton on public money goes directly to the pockets of the people in government, and that there are barely any billboards to buy for others.
Also if someone actually bothers them, they are not above sending the tax office to have day long inspections at the company dealing with the EU every week. Even if they didn’t find anything, the work involved paralyses the company. This has alredy happened a few times.
☹️. There must be some way to get rid of Orbans Stranglehold on Hungary
Not giving him a fuckton of money in exchange for cheap workers for VW over the past 10 years would have helped. Also a less abysmal handling of the migrant crisis.
They would have gotten the money regardless of cheap VW Workers though. It’s just the EU structure funding.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Ursula von der Leyen has become the personal target of a new campaign launched by Viktor Orbán as part of a national consultation that levels serious accusations against the European Union’s political agenda.
Although the Soros family and the OSF, which supports civil society organisations around the world through grants, have been maligned by the Hungarian government in the past, this marks the first time that von der Leyen has been targeted in a state-led campaign.
Reacting to the roll-out of the billboards, Eric Mamer, the chief spokesperson of the European Commission, said that von der Leyen, upon being shown the images, was “completely unfazed” and did not bat an eyelid.
Resorting to attacks against a sitting European Commission president is not uncharted territory for Viktor Orbán, who is known for blocking and derailing collective EU action.
The 2019 campaign, whose graphic design is distinctly similar to the 2023 initiative, promoted inaccurate and misleading claims about the EU’s migration policy and prompted accusations of anti-Semitism.
The latest confrontation between Brussels and Budapest comes amidst growing reports that the European Commission is preparing to review the decision to freeze €22 billion in EU funds allocated to Hungary.
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