Budapest will no longer use the veto as a political tool in the European Union. Anita Orban, candidate for the post of Hungarian Foreign Minister in the government of Peter Madyar, stated this at a hearing in the parliamentary committee on European affairs, writes Index.
According to her, in recent years Hungary has often acted in the EU not as a partner, but as a hindrance: “we have too often been a stick in the wheel,” she said. The new government will not use the veto as a political tool, the politician promises.
The veto will no longer be used as a tool of domestic political campaigning, a political weapon or an element of political theater – unlike the last 16 years, Orbán says.
Now Hungary will not be “weak and silent”, but will be able to defend its interests in the EU, she said. She claims that Budapest will become a partner capable of negotiations, reliable and able to build alliances, the probable head of the Foreign Ministry noted.
Orban is the namesake of former Prime Minister Viktor Orban and has no family ties to him.
