FX.co ★ Big problems of a small Hungary or high European pressure

Hungarian Parliament suffers the period of strong anti-European attitude. The main reason for this is a mounting European pressure. "Hungary could leave the EU, if the Brussels wants to tell a country how it should be governed," said Hungarian Parliamentary Speaker László Kövér. The politician said that Brussels' steps resemble Moscow’s ones before the change of regime in 1989; European officials constantly tighten supervision and even more often intervene in domestic affairs of the country. The Hungarian MPs think that this EU direction can force Hungary to raise a question of leaving the union. However, they noticed that such a radical decision is possible only within "a nightmare" scenario, development of which should not be permitted. Burst of anti-European attitude became an answer also to the forced refusal to build the South Stream gas pipeline which could result in shortage of gas in the country during winter. Angela Merkel also added fuel to the fire. The Chancellor of Germany said that Germany "will do anything to get Hungary into the right path." It was also mentioned that Hungary could be deprived of voting rights; however, later Deputy Minister for German Foreign Affairs stated that such measures were not considered and that it's not in the interests of Germany. It's also worth noting that Hungary was among few countries that came out flat against economic sanctions on Russia. "These sanctions have not given us the result we hoped for in Ukraine – the conflict is clearly not de-escalating," said Péter Szijjártó, ex-spokesman of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.