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Miscalculation of effects of anti-Russian sanctions by German politicians within EU has caused culture shock, says Viktor Orban, Hungary PM

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Miscalculation of effects of anti-Russian sanctions by German politicians within EU has caused culture shock, says Viktor Orban, Hungary PM

Viktor Orban, Hungarian Prime Minister said on Friday that, policies introduced by Germany and German politicians within the European Commission and the way they miscalculated the effects of anti-Russian sanctions has caused a “culture shock” in Hungary. EU doesn’t have courage to admit the mistakes of its sanctions policies.

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Orban told, “I grew up with the feeling that the Germans are precise, engineers, they calculate, take their time, they know what they are doing. Now, that perspective has changed”.

Orban said, “Now we see what they are doing, because the European Commission has a German chairman, referring to EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. They failed with the sanctions, miscalculated and did not count to the end from a professional point of view”.

According to PM Viktor Orban, EU doesn’t have courage to admit the faults of its sanctions policies against Russia amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Anyhow, Hungary lacked strength to modify the position of larger countries, which meant that sanctions on Moscow will likely continue despite their ineffectiveness.

Hungary, which relies heavily on Russian energy, criticized EU leaders on multiple occasions for being responsible for the ongoing energy crisis by introducing counterproductive sanctions on Moscow.

Budapest asked EU repeatedly to scrap the failed policy of Brussels in order to stop Europe from slowly bleeding, economically.

Orban said last month that, “If it were up to us, there would not be a sanctions policy. It is not in our interest to permanently divide the European and Russian economies into two, so we are trying to save what can be saved from our economic cooperation with the Russians”.

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