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Berlin (AP) - The chairman of the conservative European People's Party in the EU Parliament, Manfred Weber, attacks the nationalist politics of the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban head-on.
The dismantling of the rule of law, nationalism or division are not useful tools to master the challenges that the EU is facing, wrote the CSU politician in a guest post for “Welt am Sonntag”.
"The immense economic, social and societal upheavals cannot be mastered with a national-populist political approach or a culture war, as demanded by Hungary's Prime Minister Orban."
The contribution is in response to an interview with Orban that the paper published on December 20.
With regard to the Hungarian prime minister, Weber continues: “Some heads of government today discredit EU decisions for the sake of quick applause, even though they often agreed to them themselves.
Anyone who equates the European Union with the authoritarian regime of the Soviet communists wants to destroy the Europe that was built by Helmut Kohl's generation of politicians. "
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Incidentally, the EU is not a “milking cow for grants”, but a community of fate and values, wrote Weber.
"The values are primarily about the dignity of the individual, regardless of whether you are in Europe's vibrant regions or in the refugee camp on Lesbos, regardless of whether you are a Christian, a Jew or a Muslim."
In conclusion, Weber writes: “It is now more than questionable whether Orban's exclusionary policy approach can be a companion here.
It is necessary for the EPP to make a decision - the sooner the better. "
In the middle of the month the Hungarian Fidesz and EPP politician Tamas Deutsch Weber moved into the vicinity of the Gestapo of the Nazi regime.
However, after hours of debate, the EPP Group voted in favor of only sanctioning German and not excluding it.
Orban, who is also Fidesz boss, might have ended his currently dormant membership in the EPP party after being expelled.
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