I'd trade Ukraine getting NATO membership if it means Hungary loses it.
Yeah, at least we know that Ukrainians aren't fifth columnists.
Yeah, with their filthy newspapers.
Evict Hungary from the EU and NATO
Just suspend them until they meet NATO and EU standards again. It would really suck for Hungary and it's neighbors to fall into full Russian control.
one might think the people of Hungary would feel the same way and would protest accordingly, but so far everyone seems very apathic to the fat autocrat in charge
This.
This just hands over an EU country to the Russian and Chinese influences, which is why Hungary is where it's at in the first place.
This is the kind of thing that needs covert counter-ops: undermine and question orban at every online forum, constantly make Putin look bad, push against every single government policy, etc.
So basically what they're doing to every other western nation.
This just hands over an EU country to the Russian ~~and Chinese~~ influences
Far too late for that. Orban is a Russian shill and should be treated accordingly.
Few years outside of the EU, with closed borders and no new funds may cause Hungarians to proudly follow Romanian way with Orban ending like Caucescu.
Why are you crossing out China?
Did you miss the massive investments China is doing there, to buy influence?
Here's one: https://www.businessinsider.com/satellite-photos-show-byds-massive-hungary-factory-taking-shape-2025-4
Why are you crossing out China?
Because Orban is Putin's puppet, irrespectively of any Chinese investment.
He who sucketh a dick can accommodate a second one.
Lose one, gain multiple.
It isn't as big an issue as you make it out to be.
I don't think there's any need to evict it to pressure it to vote the right way.
So Hungary blocking things is a collective performance.
Or maybe not, then the leverage they gain from veto is more than the pressure put at them. In such case that leverage is apparently damn big and they are a small country.
I think if it comes to that, the Hungarian people will be VERY pissed off.
Should have voted differently then.
Honestly they should already be VERY pissed off
Orbán does just enough for farmers to keep them voting for him. Keeping Ukraine out of the EU is part of that - if Ukraine were a member, Hungarian wheat prices would plummet.
It's so selfish and low...
That's their problem.
FTFH: Orbán: “Ukraine is not NATO member and I ~~intend~~ was commanded by Putin to keep it that way”
Quote: "NATO has no business in Ukraine. Ukraine, just like Russia, isn't a NATO member, and my job is to make sure it stays that way."
He said it was "his job" but never mentioned who he works for
I will make sure you and sadly your people will be dropped by the EU
I'll celebrate the day when the people of Hungary do the right thing.
Around May next year. Might not be the right thing we're both thinking of, but at least there will be elections in 2026.
What makes you think they will?
good thing our glorious german arms manufacturer Rheinmetall (creators of the Leopard tanks) built the world's most high-tech tank factory in fucking Hungary of all places. Putin will soon sport some sleak looking new MBT's in Ukraine thanks to us greedy Germans :)
Damn, I hate this man so much.
"There’s nobody that’s better, smarter or a better leader than Viktor Orbán. He’s fantastic. He's a noncontroversial figure because he said, ‘This is the way it’s going to be,’ and that’s the end of it, right? He’s the boss and … he’s a great leader, fantastic leader. In Europe and around the world, they respect him."
Donald Trump, predictably
Won’t someone rid us of this turbulent shitstain?
Hungary should follow Slovakia’s proposal and leave NATO.
If the next year's elections fail and Orbán stays in power then we can start calling it Western Belarus from then on.
Of course he will keep it that way. He won't have the time to continue sucking off Putin if he has to think about NATO membership. Hungary needs to flush that miserable turd down the political toilet once and for all.
Homie looks like the heel of a foot. Putin sure knows how to pick the pretty ones.
I hate this ugly fuck
We'll just have to see what Magyar thinks about it then.
While he's not as extreme as Órban, Magyar is also against helping Ukraine defend itself, and he's being at least ambivalent about letting join the EU and NATO after the war.
We might have a Hungary problem, not a Fidesz problem.
I thought you were talking about Ukraine's head of UAV forces for a second lol
Do we need to do Trianon again?
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