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The dream of the Brussels elite, including Manfred Weber, is for European Union soldiers to march into Ukraine and fight. But in reality, this would mean that member states would have to send money and soldiers into the war.

From the very beginning, we have stood firm in saying that we will not send money or weapons to Zelensky and his people, and we will not send our sons to the front! But for that, we need to make the right decision on April 12. Fidesz is the safe choice!

For EU-uniformed soldiers to march into Ukraine and fight—this is Mr. Weber’s dream. I could talk at length here about what kind of person would have such a dream. I think we have very different dreams here. But it’s worth pausing for a moment, because this is once again an astonishing example of deceptive, manipulative language—essentially a lie. Let’s look behind it.

Does the European Union have money? No, it doesn’t. The member states have money, which is collected from them—and that is what would be sent.

Does the European Union have an army? No, it doesn’t. The member states have armies, which would have to be assembled and then send their sons to war.

So the Prime Minister is right when he says that they always talk about what the EU should do because the leaders of countries do not dare to admit to their own voters and their own people: that I, as the German Chancellor, take responsibility for sending this amount of money—German taxpayers’ money—to Ukraine. And that I will send this many people—your sons, dear Germans, dear German parents, thousands or tens of thousands of them—to fight there.

🧠 What is actually happening in this message?

👉 Main narrative

  • “Brussels wants war” ⚠️
  • “The EU would send soldiers to Ukraine”
  • “we will protect you from this”
  • “→ therefore vote for us”

👉 Hidden formula:

fear + family (our sons) + sovereignty + election
→ “if you don’t vote for us → your child will be taken to war”

🔍 Manipulation techniques

1️⃣ Fear appeal (existential threat)

👉 Example:
“sending our sons to the front”

👉 Technique:

  • highly personal, strongest trigger: child / family
  • not abstract politics → but “YOUR son”

👉 Goal:
➡️ immediate emotional reaction (fear, defense)

👉 Effect:
➡️ you don’t analyze → you want to protect

2️⃣ False simplification (false causality)

👉 Example:
“the EU would send soldiers” → “member states would send their sons”

👉 Technique:

  • complex geopolitical issue → reduced to a single-step cause-effect
  • no legal or political context

👉 Reality:

  • the EU has no army of its own
  • such decisions require member state political decisions
  • it is not an automatic process

👉 Effect:
➡️ it feels like a direct, imminent threat

3️⃣ Enemy framing

👉 Example:
“Brussels elite”, “Weber’s dream”

👉 Technique:

  • specific person + abstract enemy (“elite”)
  • suggests intent: “they want this”

👉 Goal:
➡️ anger + distrust

👉 Effect:
➡️ not political debate → moral conflict (“they are bad”)

4️⃣ “We protect you” (protector framing)

👉 Example:
“we will not send our sons to the front”

👉 Technique:

  • threat → immediate solution
  • government = protector

👉 Goal:
➡️ create a sense of security

👉 Effect:
➡️ “only they can protect us”

5️⃣ False dilemma

👉 Message logic:

  • either them → peace
  • or others → war

👉 Technique:

  • no middle ground
  • political choice = life-or-death decision

👉 Effect:
➡️ forced choice

6️⃣ Repetition (core propaganda tool)

👉 Example:

  • “EU soldiers”
  • “they will send our sons”

👉 Technique:

  • repeating the same imagery
  • imprinting it

👉 Effect:
➡️ over time it feels like a fact
(illusory truth effect)

7️⃣ Moral outrage + character attack

👉 Example:
“what kind of person dreams of this?”

👉 Technique:

  • attacks the person, not the argument

👉 Goal:
➡️ emotional rejection

👉 Effect:
➡️ you don’t evaluate the claim

8️⃣ “People vs elite” narrative

👉 Example:
“they don’t dare to admit this to their own voters”

👉 Technique:

  • leaders = dishonest
  • “we” = honest

👉 Effect:
➡️ distrust toward all other actors

🧩 What is the strongest manipulation here?

👉 “they will send our sons to war”

This is:

  • personal
  • visual (you can imagine it)
  • emotionally extreme

➡️ this carries the entire message

🧠 Why does it still work?

These messages don’t target facts, but:

  • fear
  • family instinct
  • simple storytelling

And they mainly work on people who:

  • don’t follow international politics closely
  • seek security
  • make decisions emotionally

⚖️ Quick reality check

  • The EU does not have its own army
  • Military involvement is decided by member states
  • There is no concrete decision to “send EU troops”
  • Ukraine is currently fighting a defensive war against Russia

🧠 Summary

This message is a classic:

👉 fear-based mobilization + protector narrative

It works through the formula:

“war is coming + your child is in danger + only we can protect you → vote for us”