#Orban: An elephant in Europe's china shop

The Foreign Minister of Luxemburg, Jean Asselborn, has made a comment on Hungary that appeared in the news worldwide, writes Istvan Vago.

There are times when the cautious political dance does not suffice for the purpose anymore, so Asselborn might just have had enough and expressed his feelings/concerns about how Hungary, or rather its miserable prime minister Viktor Orban (pictured) and his gang, has been acting in Europe, like an elephant in the china shop (as the saying goes).

According to Népszabadság, some sources close to the European Commission have made the following comment: "In Hungary, basic standards and fundamental human rights and freedoms do not seem to be violated, therefore there is no need to initiate a process ending with sanctions against the Hungarian government."

If this was the real position of the European Commission, it is a grave mistake. Allow me to prove that the mentioned sources either are blind or clearly do not know what they are talking about.

The following will shed a light on today’s Hungary by showing the real stuff. What you can read below is actually happening in today’s Hungary, in a European country:

"As you may already be aware, Hungary is preparing for a National 'Quota' Referendum to be held on the 2 October, 2016. The initiator of the Referendum, the nationalist Hungarian government, will sacrifice tens of millions of euro (stolen from the European taxpayers?) to get the following nonsense message through:

“Do you want to allow the European Union to mandate the resettlement of non-Hungarian citizens to Hungary without the approval of the National Assembly?”

This is clearly an irrelevant question until Hungary is part of the EU, therefore the whole referendum has only one meaning: inducing fear, use the global crisis (migration) to strengthen the position of the nationalist Hungarian government and its leader, Viktor Orban (who happens to be a Christian believer, at least he wants to be seen like that) and cover all those problems that his government could not solve in the past seven years.

In case of a meaningful referendum, I would consider voting to be my obligation but to avoid falling in the trap, set up by the nationalist Hungarian government, I am just staying away from it (and this is what I suggest to my fellow citizens).

This global crisis can’t be solved on national level; it will just increase the pain and suffering of innocent people in need. On the other hand it must be admitted, and in this respect the Hungarian prime minister is right, that a workable EU solution can’t be seen on the horizon (the situation might be even too big for Europe to handle) plus the remedy would be better applied close to the root of the problem.

The Hungarian prime minister has also made clear that in dealing with the crisis a healthy balance needs to be kept between our safety and our humanitarian feelings and actions. Even though this is a valid statement, the problem is that the Hungarian prime minister does not have any credibility. He said once himself: “Do not pay attention to what I am saying, but to what I am doing.”

Considering all this, instead of voting, I decided to initiate my 'Private Referendum', which is more relevant to the situation that the nationalist Hungarian government has created in Hungary.

About myself: I am not politically inclined in any way; I am just an innocent, but rather angry, victim of the Orban regime.

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