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Central Europe in revolt as Hungary and Slovakia defy Brussels
With both nations blasting Brussels for failing to secure their energy needs and mishandling first the Ukraine war and now the US tariff crisis, this joint statement signals trouble ahead for the EU’s geopolitical aims, reports RAINER RUPP
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HUNGARY and Slovakia have launched a scathing attack on the European Union. The two nations, growing increasingly frustrated with Brussels policies, have slammed the EU’s handling of the Ukraine war, its energy security failures and its perceived incompetence in negotiating trade terms with the US.
The joint condemnation delivered at the press conference in Komaram, a small town at the joint border, by Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto and Slovakia’s National Council vice-president Peter Shiga signals a deepening rift within the EU as Budapest and Bratislava refused to toe the block’s line on key geopolitical and economic issues.
Szijjarto did not hold back tearing into Brussels’ approach to international diplomacy, calling out what he described as serious “Trump-phobia” and failed leadership. The Hungarian minister’s fiery remarks came amid growing EU infighting over support for Ukraine with Hungary and Slovakia becoming the loudest critics of the bloc’s strategy.
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