**“You know what’s outrageous? Even the Czech European leader and even the NATO Secretary General are unable to snap out of their war psychosis just a few days before Christmas. It was no coincidence that EU leaders tried—literally a week before Christmas—to force member states to take on a joint EU loan in order to support Ukraine. They pushed the plan through, but thanks to Viktor Orbán, Hungary will not have to participate in this loan—and that is a huge achievement.
But then Mark Rutte, the Secretary General of NATO, spoke out and said that many European countries have already indicated they would be ready to send troops to the war.
So now I ask all those who, in recent times, accused us of being the only ones talking about war, or questioned why the Hungarian government is putting up war-related billboards across the country, and why Viktor Orbán keeps saying there is a risk of war in Europe. Well—this is exactly why. You see, it’s not only Viktor Orbán who is talking about the danger of war; many others are too. The difference is that we interpret how this danger should be ended or resolved differently.
We believe—together with Viktor Orbán—that the danger of war can only be ended if the parties make peace. Most European Union member states either do not want this at all or do not understand it at all. And now the NATO Secretary General is talking about knowing European countries that would be willing to send troops to the front.
We are not among those countries, and we do not want to be. Hungary will not send troops into a war that has nothing to do with us, that clearly cannot be solved with weapons, and that will have severe and unforeseeable consequences if it continues for much longer. We will not allow Hungarian men to be sent to the Ukrainian front. We will not allow them to fight another country’s war. And we will not allow Hungary to be dragged even deeper—economically as well—into this war just because it brings huge profits for someone.
The NATO Secretary General’s statement is extremely frightening and, frankly, outrageous. It is also terrifying how many countries have been fed the idea that they must take part in this war and defeat Vladimir Putin and Russia militarily. Some EU member states are heading in a very, very wrong direction, and it is deeply alarming to see where this mindset could lead the European Union. We may not like what we end up seeing.
So once again, let us be clear: this is not how wars are ended, and it will not help European people—or Hungarian people—if EU member states become involved in this war both economically and militarily. This is a terrible direction, and it is tragic that just a few days before Christmas, this is what we still have to be talking about.”**