Hungary Prime Minister Orban
Direct News: Mr. Liu, MEPs passed the resolution with 433 votes in favor and 123 votes against, arguing that Hungary under the rule of Prime Minister Orbán is a hybrid regime of elections and autocracy, a serious violation of the The democratic norms advocated by EU . What do you think of it?
Special Commentator Liu Heping: I believe that anyone who has a little understanding of the international situation will feel familiar with this resolution passed by the European Parliament. Because since the end of the Cold War and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Western countries have also accused Russia with the same set of rhetoric. They believe that although Russia has implemented the Western electoral system in form and has a political system of separation of powers, in essence, like Hungary, it still implements a so-called hybrid regime, strongman politics or authoritarian politics. This is the fundamental reason why Western countries refuse Russia to join NATO and the European Union, and even refuse to recognize Russia as a Western country. In other words, the resolution passed by the European Parliament actually classified Hungary, which is a member of the European Union and NATO, as the same kind of Russia in the way of "grouping people by group".
It is worth noting that in the face of this resolution passed by the European Parliament, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban claimed that it was a joke, while the Hungarian Foreign Minister believed that questioning the country's democratic system is an insult to Hungarians. Obviously, the Hungarian official did not escape from the Western discourse system and value system, but defended itself within the Western discourse system and value system.
In my opinion, both the European Parliament's accusation of the Hungarian political system this time, or the long-term accusations of the Russian political system by the Western countries, are not fair and objective. In fact, like Russian President Vladimir Putin, Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán has been re-elected many times since he came to power in 2010. This is indeed the result of following the Western election rules. Most Hungarians use one person, one vote. way elected. In other words, Putin's long-term rule is the choice of the majority of the Russian people, and Orban's long-term rule is also the choice of the majority of the Hungarian people in Hungary. So, why does such a result occur? In my opinion, this is mainly because, although most Russians and Hungarians accept the Western-style electoral system, they do not agree with or accept the set of values and ideologies advocated by Western countries. . In other words, although Western countries can transplant their electoral systems to Russia and Hungary, they have no way to transplant their ideology and values into the minds of most Russians and Hungarians in a short period of time. middle. This is an embarrassing situation that Western countries led by the United States have to face when they implement a Western-style political system.
Direct news: In your opinion, why did the European Parliament pass such a resolution accusing the Hungarian political system when Western countries needed to unite and help Ukraine fight against Russia?
special commentator Liu Heping: I think the root of the problem is precisely here. Because Hungary's maverick political stance and political attitude have affected Western countries, especially the European Union, to a large extent to help Ukraine fight against Russia, and even to a certain extent, the European Union's collective Russia-Ukraine policy cannot be implemented.
As we all know, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban not only has a close relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but is also very disgusted with the EU's policy of sanctioning Russia's oil and gas resources. Last Tuesday (13th), the EU wanted to pass a resolution encouragingMember states took voluntary measures to reduce the consumption of natural gas by 15% from next month to the end of March next year, in order to improve the security of energy supply in the EU, and Hungary is the only member state opposed to the plan. Not only that, Orban even believes that all the EU's current policies towards Russia and Ukraine are wrong and must be overturned. What makes the EU even more embarrassing is that the EU adopts a consensus system for internal resolutions. As long as Hungary is opposed to it, the relevant resolutions may not be implemented. From this, we can also see that the resolution passed by the European Parliament, on the surface, seems to be accusing Hungary’s democratic system, but it is only referring to sanghuai. What they are really dissatisfied with is Hungary’s attitude towards the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Hungary's one-sided pro-Russian policy. I think, and for this reason, immediately after the European Parliament passed the resolution blaming the Hungarian political system, the European Commission immediately proposed to suspend the 7.5 billion euros of aid to Hungary.
However, because the EU adopts a consensus decision-making system, which means that although the European Parliament is very dissatisfied with Hungary, as long as Hungary does not agree, the EU still has no way to remove Hungary from the team. Therefore, the European Commission proposed to suspend the aid to Hungary, in fact, it wanted to expel Hungary in disguise in such a way that Hungary would feel embarrassed and voluntarily withdraw from the EU. In other words, the European Commission is actually cleaning up "gangs" in such a disguised way.
It is worth noting that the reason why Putin dared to take special military action against Ukraine in disregard of Western countries' objections was that Western countries not only dared not take tough countermeasures against Russia, but also believed that with the start of the war, especially It is in the case of Western countries that rely heavily on Russian natural gas, there will be serious divisions within them. Therefore, the European Parliament passed a motion condemning the Hungarian polity and the European Commission suspended economic aid to Hungary, which means that a crack has finally appeared officially and publicly within the EU. Moreover, with Russia's further cessation of EU countries, prices in Europe have further soared, and more and more European countries are breaking out in anti-government and anti-EU parades, this crack has a tendency to further expand.
And such a situation will also affect the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Russia, which originally wanted a quick war, is taking a sloppy decision, preparing to drag the war into the cold winter. Ukraine and Western countries, who originally wanted to drag Russia down with a protracted war, hope that the war will be resolved quickly, so as not to dream of long nights. I think this is the reason why Western countries supported Ukraine in launching a strategic counteroffensive recently. Author of
Liu Heping, special commentator of Shenzhen Satellite TV's "Live Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan"
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