Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said it is unacceptable for the European Union to pursue a policy of widening and escalating the war, following the European Commission's proposal calling for households to prepare a 72-hour survival kit.
Speaking to public radio on Sunday, Minister Szijjártó pointed out that neither the European Union as a whole nor any of its member states are threatened by any risk of war, not even from Russia. The current danger of war escalation is posed by the pro-war policy of Brussels, he said.
Minister Szijjártó said the video on the survival kit clearly showed how the EU lost its seriousness, competitiveness, its place and weight in global politics. He called the proposal a "shocking and baseless hysteria, devoid of all aspects and components of common sense, created by the EU's pro-war politicians."
With European politicians not present at the negotiations aimed at ending the war, it had become clear that they had pursued a "failed" policy for three years, which caused damage to the EU countries and Ukraine, the minister said.
He said European politicians should have nothing else to do now but support the US president in his peace efforts. "Instead of undermining the peace negotiations, they should support them," Minister Szijjártó said.
He suggested that "they may want to put off the time of facing responsibility because the European elite had followed a pro-war policy over three years that caused tangible damage to every European citizen in their everyday lives," including inflation and price increases caused by the war and the sanctions, and higher energy prices and food prices.
Minister Szijjártó said the question could also be asked where the hundreds of billions of euros were gone "that Brussels politicians gave to Ukraine in the form of credit from European taxpayers' money while the Ukrainians themselves say that they cannot maintain either the army or the functioning of the state itself."
He stressed that Ukraine's EU accession would entail incredible financial, economic and security risks, but "the pro-war politicians of Europe do not care about" such dangers.
Minister Szijjártó noted that the pro-war politicians were aware that Ukraine's accession would require approval from all 27 member states, including Hungary's. "Therefore, they are extremely concerned by the upcoming vote where Hungarian citizens will have the opportunity to express their view on the way Ukraine is being pushed into the EU in such an accelerated and dangerous manner," the foreign minister said.