Although Viktor Orban’s peace mission is being labeled as a “diplomatic super-offense,” more and more people in Germany are recognizing that there is no alternative – and they also note that the streets of Hungarian cities look quite different from those in Germany.
Viktor Orban committed a “diplomatic super-offense” with his peace mission, yet his initiative remained taboo at the NATO summit, writes Die Welt, quoting a high-ranking anonymous Washington official who claims that the Hungarian Prime Minister is advancing neither peace nor Ukraine’s sovereignty.
However, Florian Hahn, the defense spokesperson for the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, openly expressed his opinion, stating that the peace mission weakens the European Union because it might appear that it does not speak with one voice. Meanwhile, a senior EU diplomat – who also preferred to remain anonymous – declared that Orban’s shuttle diplomacy should not be criticized one-sidedly.
One commenter believes that there is no reasonable alternative to peace negotiations, something Orban has recognized and acted upon, deserving full support for it. Another pointed out that the American arms industry has little interest in ending the Russo-Ukrainian war.
“Viktor Orban has chosen the only sensible path: talk, talk, talk,” stated a reader of Die Welt, while another worries that tens of thousands more will die on the front lines before Europe realizes that there is no alternative to peace.
One reader noted that Viktor Orban is displaying the same realistic pragmatism now as during the refugee crisis, and today everyone can see the catastrophic consequences of Western politics in that context.
“I’ve been vacationing in Hungary for almost three weeks, and it’s pleasantly different from the street scenes in Germany,” added one reader.
“I am surprised and pleased that the term diplomacy is appearing. I thought it was a forbidden word. Good luck to Orban,” wrote one commenter, to which someone responded that they don’t understand why it would be considered a diplomatic offense for a Prime Minister to highlight that a war cannot be ended with arms supplies.
Edited by Ivan Hajda
