Earlier this month, Hungary announced a new facilitated visa scheme under which citizens of eight countries, including Russia and Belarus, can enter Hungary without security checks or other restrictions. Budapest claims that many of those entering under this scheme will be building a nuclear power plant.
“We are unpleasantly surprised by media reports that Hungary has included Russian and Belarusian citizens in its national immigration programme, which will allow them to enter and move freely within the Schengen area,” Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said in a written statement.
“In Lithuania’s view, Hungary’s decision poses very serious threats to the security of the Schengen area and many European countries, and must therefore be responded to at the EU level,” the Lithuanian foreign minister said.
The minister believes that Hungary’s decision requires a separate assessment at a time when European countries are facing an increasing number of acts of sabotage, which this reinforces the urgency of finding an adequate response to such a stance by one member state.
Could you explain your position? Are you not against Russians entering EU/Schengen? Or are you against the methods used?
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I don’t speak German (other than DU HAST!), but I had ChatGPT translate it for me.
I’m not familiar with the user, but I wanted to know their reasoning. Nothing wrong with pointing out if EU or “the West” is doing something wrong, as long as it’s constructive, and no blatant bias towards another party is displayed. So far I’m not seeing any explicit bias towards Russia or China, but thanks for the heads-up.
Their argument seems to boil down to “fighting Orban weakens EU”. I suppose it’s a somewhat reasonable position to have, but one, I must say, I don’t quite agree with. And I would definitely like to hear their suggestion regarding how to deal with a member of a team who refused to play with the team.
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Do you think we should be able to control who is coming from Russia into the EU?
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How will it not decrease when Hungary abolished measures to control?
Do you acknowledge that it is in Russian interest to weaken the EU?
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How do you suggest EU deals with Orban while he is actively trying to ignore the rest of the leaders of member states?
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But that’s not an action. That’s inaction. I mean, what needs to be done to stop him from actively compromising EU interests? Letting him do whatever he wants doesn’t sound like an effective strategy.
Who is fracturing the EU? The one person working with Russia and against EU wherever he can or the other 20 something that have a more or less unified position?
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Would you consider Orban isolated in Europe concerning his position towards Russia, compared to other EU governments?
Would you say Orban is trying hard to cooperate with the rest of the EU?