House Speaker László Kövér said on Tuesday that the majority of Europeans wanted peace, not war, and he said the Hungarian nation should “try to collaborate more closely and act together under the shadow of war”.
Marking the Day of National Unity, Kövér told commercial news channel Hír TV that this year’s national day was about belonging together more than ever “because, in the shadow of war, we need to stand close and give encouragement to one another”. The speaker expressed hope that ethnic Hungarians beyond the borders would have representatives elected as MEPs in the European Parliament. “I hope Transylvanian Hungarians will have at least two elected MEPs who can strengthen the pro-peace camp,” he said. Concerning the Russia-Ukraine war, Kövér said the European political elite which had sought to incite nations into a war psychosis “does not believe in what they’re saying or doing”. “I think they are cynical villains to the core,” he said, adding that “the majority of the public in Europe — more than 60% — supports peace, does not want a war and hates the idea that the Russia-Ukraine war might escalate into a European war.”