Weird that EU is sending so much money to Hungary, quite weird for an enemy organization.

An enemy organisation he's free to leave at any time, also.

a ) let us see how his elections turn out b ) EU is reshaping so minorities cannot block and extort said money any longer.

Looking ahead to a brighter future.

I had to check what you meant because I thought EU turned off the faucet. Well, this is where it gets interesting. Apparently the faucet was turned off as per EU laws and then in December 2023 the EU commission unfroze the funds which amounted to 10 billion euros. But then in April 2024 the EU parliament filed a suit that the commission had wrongly applied the rule of law when unfreezing the funds. A few days ago, prior to the summit, a top advisor of the EU court of Justice said that the EU commission should demand that 10 billion back.

Would be interesting to know if Orban was making his comments before or after hearing this.

Yes. As was regulated in EU law. As with almost all changes in the EU, it took way too long before they managed to curb the funds. I hope that the internal rules will be thoroughly reworked to prevent/limit the damage of future deliquency. Still, good thing these problems were laid bare b/c of the misconduct of HU's size. Imagine the damage if it was one of the bigger players... could be the end of the EU

I once heard “they will eventually do the right thing … after trying all the wrong options”. I think it was about the US or EU though.

Also I don't quite get how Orban can hope to fill his pockets with as much free money as currently should Hungary fall to Russia.

For the very same reason Trump got elected despite the facts he was a corrupt politician, a failed businessman and a pedophile were well known by the rest of the world: control of the media narratives give his voters an alternate reality in which he's the good guy.

Edit: typo

I understand your frustration, but it saddens me that it makes you want further divide. Hungary is currently a captured state where lawyers are rewriting constitution on their whims and are the head of the maffia as well. Orbán is using every dirty trick to hold on to power. They have already circumvented the parliament and have been ruling by decree since the immigration wave from the Syrian war (and keep extending it for covid, for the 'ukraine' war).

I urge you to look upon us with empathy. We are a pluralistic people who are locked under tyrants. The ruling party is extremely careful to not initiate any state aggression during protests, otherwise we'd have similar clashes as Belorussia had during the last elections. Very trying times.

The EU would lose a bottomless money pit.

Cheap labour for manufacturing, a bunch of German car factories, the 2 million strong city of Budapest.

And land access to the Eastern flank of the EU and NATO. It would cut both alliances in half in the geographical sense.

Putin and Trump would be very happy.

What got to him was Merkel retiring and the new people no longer letting him get away with shit and no longer funding his system that uses EU money to keep oppressing Hungarians.