On the Hungarian National Day last weekend, Hungary’s “Viktator,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, invited his friends to create an illiberal coalition. Right in the middle: ex-chancellor Sebastian Kurz. The criticism was not long in coming: “Kurz can go wherever he wants, but he cannot pose in the manner of a statesman in front of the Austrian flag and endanger Austrian interests in the Balkans,” said Green Party spokeswoman , Ewa Ernst-Dziedzic.
Ernst-Dziedzic explained to the “Salzburger Nachrichten” that the meeting “encompassed everything Europe has to offer in terms of illiberal so-called autocrats and nationalists à la Orbán, Erdoğan and Vučić”.
The deputy now wants to know: “Kurz supports the state and gains favor with the right-wing spectrum. I wonder in what capacity Kurz was in Budapest and for what purpose?
In addition to Kurz, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vučić, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and the heads of state of Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as the nationalist President of the Republic of Srpska, Milorad Dodik and the Emir, were present. from Qatar.
Most importantly, Orbán’s post on the social media platforms Facebook and Instagram sparked further discussion on Monday. This gave the impression that official talks had taken place with the former Austrian chancellor.
Brief spokesperson: No official talks
The Hungarian Prime Minister wrote that it was an “Austro-Hungarian summit” and the “continuation of bilateral cooperation”. Kurz’s spokesperson explained that official talks would never have taken place in Budapest. It was only natural that political issues would also be discussed when politicians and ex-politicians meet, he continued.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also trying to give this impression. One does not want to ‘overestimate’ the activities of the ex-chancellor, said the spokeswoman for Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg when asked by the ‘Salzburger Nachrichten’. Sebastian Kurz is “a private person, he can meet whoever he wants, where he wants and when he wants”.
Source: Krone
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