Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared in an interview to public radio on Friday that Brussels is readying for war, saying that it was doing so even though there was no threat of war. "Hungary remains on the side of peace," he said, referring to the European Commission's proposal to Europeans to ensure emergency rations for 72 hours.
PM Orbán said it did not appear that Europe was currently threatened by war.
It was highly unlikely that "anyone would attack a NATO member state", he added.
Those readying for war usually did so to launch "some kind of act of war", PM Orbán said, adding that political preparations for a deeper involvement in war were underway in light of the commission's proposal.
Hungarian families, he said, need not do anything out of the ordinary. "There's no threat of war; Hungary won't go to war with anyone," he said. "We are staying on the side of peace, and if Europe launches a war, we definitely won't go to war."