Hungary’s place is in a strong Europe where the country and the bloc should work together more closely and deeply, Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi said in an interview to German weekly Die Zeit.
“My deep conviction is that Hungary’s place is in Europe, where we work together both more closely and more deeply,” the minister said in the interview entitled “We are democrats” published on Thursday.
“We take the fact that the EU has launched three infringement proceedings against us very seriously,” he said.
He rejected the accusation that Hungary had turned its back on basic European values when it came to transforming its system.
“We continue to be a parliamentary democracy,” he said.
He said Hungary had responded to EU demands in connection with the media law and was prepared to find an “immediate” solution “point-by-point” concerning the central bank law.
“We don’t want disputed issues to be decided on by the European Court,” Martonyi said.
Responding to a question about social polarisation in Hungary, Martonyi said divisions in Hungarian society had been exaggerated.
“On fundamental interests we are in agreement, especially when Hungary’s international role is at stake,” he said, adding, “We speak to each other; I get on well with the deputy leader of the Socialist party.”
The minister said that at the same time a sharp line had to be drawn between democratic parties and the far-right Jobbik party, “which in the face of a campaign waged against Hungary” could strengthen.
“My deep conviction is that Hungary’s place is in Europe, where we work together both more closely and more deeply..We take the fact that the EU has launched three infringement proceedings against us very seriously,”
He, He…a bit of threatening and “the sons of Attila” get back on their knees (or on all fours ?)
“In honouring our oath, we did not submit to the dictates of Vienna in 1848. We rose up against Moscow in 1956 and in 1990, and today we will not let anyone dictate to us from Brussels or from anywhere else.”- viktor Orban 2011
I agree. A lot of work needs to be done by this government to repair the damage they caused in the first place though.
It will not be so easy as Martonyi makes it appear.
By the way, talk about Hungary’s place in the EU….I am wondering if people in Hungary are aware of this letter for example…is it discussed? Very recent, very telling. Was it published widely?
http://nol.hu/media/file/attach/61/10/00/000001061-1855.pdf
Sorry…link went wrong…this is the link. Hope it works.
http://nol.hu/media/file/attach/61/10/00/000001061-1855.pdf
Maybe better like this…
“In your letter of 29 December 2010, you stated that no part of the Hungarian media regulation contains provisions not found in the legislation of one or more Member States. However, a recent analysis indicates that Hungary’s media laws may go beyond the European practices and norms cited by you, not so much as regards certain specific aspects, but more generally as regards their overall scope and effect. I refer in particular to the combination of provisions regarding the Media Authority’s independence and centralised structure, its cumulative powers including in particular its sanctioning powers, and the wide scope of application of the media laws (regulating the print and online press in a manner broadly equivalent to the audiovisual/broadcasting media).
Given the widely perceived risk that such far-reaching powers across the various types of media lead as a whole to a disproportionately centralised control of the media, without apparent precedent in other European jurisdictions, this further underlines the need I have mentioned above to remove concerns about overall compliance with European values.”
Qoute mrs Kroes Vice chairman EU commission.
“A lot of work needs to be done by this government to repair the damage they caused in the first place though…”
As if Hungary would not had enough social and economic problems, and a global crisis is unfolding, Orban added a conflict with EU on top to them.
“Hungary’s place is in a strong Europe”
- Indeed so: somewhere under the bottom of the frog, as a Hungarian expression has it.
There is pretty strong, indeed!
Postcommie, it’s your ilk whose place is “under the bottom of the miner toad”.
-http://www.politics.hu/poll-tracker/
The latest poll results by Medián and Nézőpont are here, they look nice, too. According to Medián, Orbán is the most popular Hungarian politician again.
“Very recent:
The European Union will recommend that sanctions are imposed on Hungary for not doing enough to control its excessive deficit, according to a statement published Wednesday.
Belgium, Cyprus, Malta and Poland, whose fiscal consolidation progress was also under scrutiny, will not be sanctioned.
Hungary could be excluded from receiving EU cohesion funds next year as punishment for failing to bring its excessive deficit under control, the European Commission vice president said.
Things are apparently not going so smooth as Mr. Martony makes it look like. Hungary is obviously NOT working together so well.
Yep…be happy with the NICE poll results.I wonder how long it will last.After VO explains the new approach towards the EU.
Leto, just what difference does it make from an European perspective?
Its like ” two-hundred-million sparrow can’t be wrong: eat horse-s•h•i•t”…?
Tell me about the “European perspective”.
It’s pretty gloomy, isn’t it? 
Well, the “European perspective” may be pretty gloomy, but the Hungarian perspective is next to non-existing
We just have tolook at this stats:
-http://www.portfolio.hu/en/economy/largest_rise_in_public_debt_observed_in_hungary_in_q3_eurostat.23742.html
“Hungary’s debt ratio rose the most in Q3 in the entire European Union”
Correction: The latest poll results by Medián and Nézőpont are not here yet but those look good, too.
Europe is not strong right now.
Comrade agent ‘Magasdi’/’Marosvásárhelyi’ opened his mouth again and talking shit almost as good as DK [Demagóg Kommunisták] Führer called ‘Böszme’.
“We continue to be a parliamentary democracy,”
How did Jobbik become ‘undemocratic’ when they have seats in this democratic Parliament?
“We speak to each other; I get on well with the deputy leader of the Socialist party.”
Is that surprising? They both come from the same roots.
“we work together both more closely and more deeply”
What he is revealing here that how eager this government is to bend over and take it very deeply from Brussels – basically giving up their failed and fake ‘freedom fight’ and spitting in the face of those hundreds of thousands of people who marched for them.