it's not there forever, viktor orban will not represent hungary forever, and the situation may changelongs both to the eu and nato, and we have to work with the current leadership from the position of common interest. a number of areas are without any conflict, but we have a serious disagreement in foreign and security policy. see, just a few years ago, this visegrad four group was seen as a rising power bloc within the european union. now the visegrad four group is effectively dead because your position here in prague is so very different from viktor orban�*s in hungary. and the eu commission, the eu parliament have for years now been locked in a confrontation with hungary, where they say that hungary is violating fundamental european values when it comes to all sorts of things — from corruption to the independence of the judiciary, to the treatment of minorities. there is, hanging over hungary, the possibility of severe eu punishments and, theoretically, the possibility of expulsion. well, i am fully behind the restriction that the eu put on hungary with regard to funding a number o

again viktor orban this once his speech can be called that, and the spirit of official budapest will not allow hungary to be made a part of the pan-european superpower, the head of the hungarian government said this during a speech on the occasion of the anniversary of the national liberation revolution, at the same time he emphasized that the citizens of the country, as always, will choose their own path of development and at the same time they will definitely preserve their national identity, according to viktor orbán, all attempts to show hungarians how they should live will end in global failure there is no need for a new cold war, especially if it is provoked in the name of democracy , the three-time leader of the people's republic of china xi jinping said this today, since last week , according to him, the world is now trying with all its might to divide and at the same time cover themselves with democratic goals, but this can only do a lot of damage to their position , the leader of the celestial empire summed up this quote: the practice of inciting confrontations and div

according to viktor orban, russian aggression in ukraine has had such a negative impact on the west's relations with moscow that these relations may not improve for a long time, therefore, based on its own national interests, says the head of the hungarian government, budapest can also make adjustments to its relations with russia on the next 10-15 years, at the same time viktor orban once again emphasized that his country needs to maintain good relations with the kremlin as soon as possible well, but whether it will be possible to do this now, no one knows - he added the hungarian prime minister, this time, viktor orbán added one more unpleasant statement to the prime minister of hungary , this morning in an interview with his favorite radio station, according to him, ukraine can fight as long as washington says yes to this war, but when in washington says victor, the organ will say orban will say no then the war will end well, he is called to talk, if the chinese leadership really wants peace in ukraine, then xi jinping should meet with volodymyr zelenskyi , the minister of foreign

but for the far-right authoritarian government of prime minister viktor orban, the school was too liberaling its own orban style attacks on higher education at the hands of republicans, and as you new york columnist michelle goldberg writes, few are imitating him as faithfully as the florida governor and likely republican candidate ron desantis. desantis first victim's new college, a small liberal arts school in sarasota that the governor considers too woke. unlike orban, decide it is not shutting it down, not yet at least. instead, the governor is giving it's a complete make over. desantis wants to transform this tight-knit inclusive institution into a bastion of conservatism. a model, he hopes, would be copied all over the country. joining us now is new york times columnist and author michelle goldberg. michelle, you've been doing great essential reporting on this. and you really draw the parallels between the authoritarian fascist regime of orban, and what the green shows of what's happening down in florida. from cracking down on lgbtq rights to censoring political opposition, to house

therefore, this is a trap into which viktor orban drove himself.he has to keep saying these absurd things, well, not him personally, his team and uh, if it were to suffer blow after blow, this reputation is institutional, that is, within the european union and so on, technologically, you know, for the hungarian side, they don’t see it. obviously, this is not a problem in this statement, and when they had elections in march -april last year, i worked there as an election observer and , unfortunately, they have a lot of uh. well, what about these international obligations. this is how they interpret them, how they interpret them, they say yes, we signed this convention charter there and so on and so forth similar but oops fulfill them we can't it is not integrated into the national legislation there they are trying to play the same game it seems to me that this time it was actually said by giorgii guyash at this briefing he said that he said it was this rome statute if i am not mistaken and the norms these international these things are not integrate

ranked number one in the country, but for the far-right authoritarian government of prime minister viktor orban, the school was too liberal, too progressive so he shut it down. if the story sounds familiar is because america is witnessing its own orban-style attacks. desantis' first victim is new college, a small liberal arts school in sarasota that the governor considers too woke. unlike orban desantis is not shutting it down, not yet at least. instead the governor is giving it a complete makeover. desantis wants to transform this tight-knit constitution into a bastion of conservatism, a modhe hopes will be copied all over the country. ginning us now is "the new york times" columnist and author michelle goldberg. michelle, you've been doing great essential reporting on this and you draw the parallels between the authoritarian fascist regime of orban and what's happening down in florida from cracking down on lgbtq rights to censoring political opposition to house bill 999 that pursues drastic changes to higher education. do you think desantis knows he's pulling a page from the autocrats play bo

viktor orban reminded the position of his country regarding the supply of equipment and equipment togo in budapest , he gave a clear answer to the question. whether it is worth sending lethal weapons to kiev , the hungarians, then and now, said no, but strange, the west also hesitated. now this is not a question. now the question is only tanks or how many planes or shells sura does it contain elements or troops reacted to the statement of the announcer urban in the kremlin dmitry peskov said that the hungarian prime minister raised an extremely dangerous topic about if we are talking about some serious pronouncements, then, of course, this is a potentially extremely dangerous discussion. such forces in world practice, as a rule, are used by both sides. what is potential? this is a very dangerous topic , and the columnist of the polish publication jennic argues about the catastrophic consequences of the senate’s entry into ukraine. in the material , such a step could force the united states to join the conflict directly. however , the north atlantic alliance, ignoring the opinion of p

with an italian radio station, he commented on the statement of the prime minister of hungary viktor orban, who on friday said that western countries are close to sending their military personnel to ukraine . well, according to orban, this could provoke a serious war. however, today the head of the italian foreign ministry answered the hungarian prime minister roughly like this: there will be no western soldiers in ukraine and period this is probably so that viktor orban would talk less nonsense serbia did not join the anti-russian sanctions from the west because it thinks about the welfare of its own citizens , the prime minister of the country, anna brnabic, said about this today on the air of the tv channel, according to her words, the nazis official belgrade is paying a high price for this because brussels is constantly putting pressure on it, but the prime minister emphasized that this is the principled position of the serbian government, it will continue to take care of national interests and international law and will continue to defend its position as much how long will it be possi

turkey, but the peculiarity of the hungarian position is that the government of prime minister viktor orbánhas not yet openly expressed any objections , the issue was simply not brought to the attention of the parliament in budapest. and only recently, in fact, last friday, in one of the interviews with the prime prime minister viktor orban spoke about the fact that he is concerned about the threat of russia due to the expansion of nato, and here is a quote from his interview . of the immediate nato border between finland and russia, and in view of the ukrainian situation, this is a high threat of war. let's think about whether this is a good idea. this is a geopolitical issue. i believe that we have convincing reasons why we can take this risk . orbán says that he is ready, so to speak, to take what he calls a risk and ratify the accession to finland and sweden, possibly during march, a little later after consultation, as he says, in particular, the trips of hungarian deputies to finland and maybe sweden or maybe next month with turkey, the situation is completely different turkey almost f

preparation for this visit and added that when all the previous conditions are fulfilled, then viktor orbán come, that is, nothing is clear yet. well , besides that, pancia-artu emphasized that the hungarian government is ready for a dialogue with by ukrainian colleagues because he believes that such a dialogue will be of great importance for both countries for the sake of its own security, china should prepare for the worst scenarios , prime minister qian said in a report at the session of the all-chinese people's congress. he said that beijing intends to work on the resolution of dangerous situations that already exist or may only arise, moreover, he emphasized that it is extremely important to develop mechanisms to prevent the occurrence of such risks. well, in addition, mr. prime minister said that in 2023, the chinese leadership will make every effort to return taiwan peacefully. well , according to him, it is also worth preparing for other options. well, it is obvious that by other options he meant a forceful return , israeli citizens continue to protest for the ninth week in a row on

it's all straight out of the fascist playbook and the viktor orban playbook. it's interesting that there is this sort of larger story that ties in things like replacement theory, these sort of obsessions with lgbtq people, obsessions with trans people. if you actually do the bigger story, it all goes back to this demographic panic. you know, we have right now children who are essentially working in this country as indentured servants. we could easily solve that if you did an immigration bill, you would get the parents. the parents might come here and want to take the jaws. they don't want the parents. they want americans to have more children and americans don't want to. and so this sort of combination of coercion, we're going to force you to do it, and maybe we'll try to lull you into doing it to have ten kids. what modern woman is trying to have ten kids generally? maybe amy coney barrett, but most wim don't want ten kids. they're trying to force women back to the 19th century. >> speaking of amy coney barrett, this just reminds me of the domestic supply of

. >> and hungary, of course, viktor orban, not always a friend to democracy but there is a sense he'll a lot of things especially with sanctions against russia and then at the end of the day hungary signs up and says a-okay we'll go on with the sanctions. it does look like they're dragging their feet. for sure sweden looks like this track is going to land. >> and certainly as there might be some strains emerging perhaps in the alliance supporting ukraine, the fact nato expanding in a few months, a significant consequence of russia's invasion. let's talk a bit about president biden's budget proposal. earlier on the show we had discussions about how it's more of a messaging document. >> aspirational. >> there it is than something that's going to actually get done, but we should also look at it through an international lens right? >> that's for sure. it's an aspirational budget in terms of where the democratic party is going, but also it signals to the rest of the world not just the united states on where the business they want to invest or to pay taxes here, corporations. this is really,

populism and there was a quite serious risk that our future president will be very similar to what is viktor orbanor hungary and i simply didn't want something like that to happen to my country. the ukraine war was also a big factor in the election campaign. mr babis accused you of being — and i use his own word — a "w a rm onger" he said that your support for ukraine, your belief that ukraine should get more weapons, more financial support from the european union, was actually prolonging the war. a number of czech people still appear to believe he was right. not just czech people. you will find a lot of people thinking the same way in other countries of the region, as well as in western europe. but what is fair to say that being for peace doesn't mean that you will find yourself in peace. in general, what andrej babis was saying, "i don't want war. "i want peace." who wouldn't want peace? as an ex—military, i was in a number of wars, so i know very well what the wars are about, how much suffering they bring — not only to soldiers, but primarily to the civilians — and i would never draw my own cou

anyone who threatens russia in the material emphasize from european politicians hungarian premier viktor orbannderstands this clearly and fears that western countries may accept direct participation in the conflict that the americans are trying to draw the europeans into the meat grinder of the war was declared in the european parliament and the deputy of ireland. these are the people, the current, military rhetoric does not provide for feelings for ordinary people. ugliness. the west is arguing about continuing to supply arms, as long as the conflict continues. it disgusts me to see you military generals sitting here and sending these men to their deaths. you make me sick. we need a world ideologist from conflicts in the plus lisnitsky factories. share price of german rheinmetal rose by 150%. the concern's profit exceeded 6 billion euros, and even in the bundestag they are outraged by such a policy of the german government. just an anti-war film. received four oscars without change on the western front. and i am very surprised when the deputies of this parliament praise this film and at the s

crush anyone who threatens russia in the material emphasize from european hungarian prime minister viktor orbanearly understands this and fears that western countries may be directly involved in the conflict that the americans are trying to draw europeans into the meat grinder of the war, the irish mp also said in the european parliament. this is the same people the current military rhetoric does not provide feeling for ordinary people. ugliness. the west is arguing about continuing the supply of weapons, if only the conflict continues, it disgusts me to see you military generals sitting here and sending these men to my death from makes you sick. we need a world ideologist from conflicts in the plus lisnitsky factories. the value of shares of the german ren-metal you. at 150%. the concern's profit exceeded 6 billion euros , and even the bundestag is outraged by such a policy of the french government. anti just anti-war film all quiet on the western front won four oscars and i am very surprised when mps in this parliament praise this film and at the same time chant the slogan, tanks are saving y

well, in terms of a policy , well, in terms of a policy, maybe something like so viktor orban love ityour family tax credits something like that to actually give families a financial incentive to reproduce because we know that birthrates are plummeting all across the western world and that's because we've built our wealth really i quite artificially this sort neo liberal economic where everything's about the free market, everything's about gdp without actually focusing on family and culture those things have been degraded and what we're finding is as our culture is being degraded and as family is being degraded and as family is mattering less and less , our is mattering less and less, our economy just gets worse anyway. so what is it actually achieved ? yeah, i'm not sure that's fighting the putin sympathy orban regime in hungary actually is a i don't know, viktor orban . putin, if you you know it just trust is owned by well can you not identify a policy that you think is helpful with your vote or you know i have one daughter who is. no, but i have one who actually prioritises in her

well, in terms of a policy , well, in terms of a policy, maybe something like so viktor orban love ityour family tax credits something like that to actually give families a financial incentive to reproduce because we know that birthrates are plummeting all across the western world and that's because we've built our wealth really i quite artificially this sort neo liberal economic where everything's about the free market, everything's about gdp without actually focusing on family and culture those things have been degraded and what we're finding is as our culture is being degraded and as family is being degraded and as family is mattering less and less , our is mattering less and less, our economy just gets worse anyway. so what is it actually achieved ? yeah, i'm not sure that's fighting the putin sympathy orban regime in hungary actually is a i don't know, viktor orban . putin, if you you know it just trust is owned by well can you not identify a policy that you think is helpful with your vote or you know i have one daughter who is. no, but i have one who actually prioritises in her

, of course, more than ever, but today everyone is commenting on what hungarian prime minister viktor orbanh his statement refers to the fact that the european union is close to uh hmm to send troops to ukraine, how do you feel about such prospects. is it realistic , uh, the european union can go for it, uh, and what consequences can this bring? we must all, both mr. orban and each of those who support such a decision, coming from washington to understand the consequences of such decisions are pushing the world to the second world war. we already have many, unfortunately. uh, countries their leaders to the third world war. sorry world war ii. here, the most bloody in the history of mankind. it was won by the soviet people and our red army . unfortunately, many history textbooks in europe falsify history, it is exhausting from there, but this is a topic for a separate conversation for dmitry, as for the decision of orban and similar decisions push the world of the third world war. we have many western tanks, such as equipment, are already on the territory of ukraine in the pentagon, they are

look at the last month, there are none very rude statements about ukraine, on the other hand, viktor orbandenly says that he may have to reconsider his policy towards russia, hungary actually, for example, the same peter sier, well, this is a person who shakes hands with a laurel there and takes a picture after the invasion, that's all it's great and in general he is associated with such a russian course of hungary, even he recently said in an interview that our calls for immediate peaceful negotiations do not yet mean that we are calling on the ukrainians to give russia the occupied territory, that is, you see, hungary for sovereignty is the same time in the calendar literally yesterday, the day before yesterday, novak said that it was necessary for the russian troops to withdraw immediately from ukraine. is this just a game, how do you say these marriage games? yes, is this already the beginning of a change in hungary's position? well, no. i have the answers. i know. i would just like to clarify something with you. you, as a person who works, so to speak, with hungarian materials and hun

dmitry peskov commented on the statement of hungarian prime minister viktor orban.arlier noted the eu countries are close to consideration the question of sending, uh, some peacekeeping troops to ukraine. and if we are talking about some serious sayings, then , of course, this is a potentially extremely dangerous discussion . in this case, potentially. this is a very dangerous topic. and dmitry peskov commented on an article that appeared in the wall street journal, its author called for the expulsion of all russian journalists from the united states in response to the detention of reporters from an american publication in yekaterinburg, which, i recall, is suspected of espionage. all journalists who have valid accreditation here. i mean, uh, foreign journalists, they can continue their journalistic activities. in our country, they do not face any restrictions and work perfectly, but in this case we are talking about activities under the guise of espionage journalistic activities, in fact. in this case, since the journalist was caught red-handed , the situation here

ukraine and the fact that this will allow solving problematic bilateral issues, i will remind viktor orbanns one of the few leaders of eu states who did not visit kyiv after the beginning of the full-scale invasion of russia into ukraine , the competition commission selected 14 participants for the 28th ukrainian expedition to antarctica , among them 9 scientists and seven representatives of the life support team are a doctor, a cook , a diesel engineer, a mechanic, and sysan. ukrainian celebrities for whom this will be a record tenth wintering geophysicist bohdan havrylyuk well, how did the year of wintering in the 27th ukrainian antarctic expedition go? do they want to go home already and when are they waiting for the rotation ? we will ask vasyl matkovsky, the doctor of the 27th ukrainian arctic expedition. from the vernadskyi station. well, please tell me how difficult this expedition was or was it more interesting. considering that well, in view of the latest messages from the vernadskyi station, whales visited you and now the main observations are carried out with the help of drones

africa are in favor of peace in ukraine, such a statement was made by hungarian prime minister viktor orbanlled , for example, it began with sending kassako to ukraine. now the german industry is supplying heavy equipment, while german component manufacturers are gaining momentum. for tanks leopard 2 began to ramp up production without waiting for orders from the authorities countries. what other weapons are being pumped into ukraine , will borissin tell? these shots taken near artyomovsk are actively replicated by the ukrainian media . the kiev regime began to use the so-called smart jade bombs, which were created in the united states because they themselves aim at the target using gps coordinates. the americans have developed special nozzles. yes, that is, it is actually such a tail, which is worn on a conventional unguided bomb, and thus the bomb from an unguided one becomes high-precision if it is dropped, for example, from a height of 10 km, from this bomb dzhedam, e improved, then it can fly a distance of about 60 to 70 km and a parasite target with an accuracy of 10-15 m. su-25 and e

his associates will stand trial for crimes committed in ukraine, the prime minister of hungary, viktor orban with the president of france emmanuel macron in paris. this was reported on the website of the elysee palace. among other things, the politicians discussed the issue of ratification of the accession of finland and sweden to nato, as well as the importance of supporting ukraine in the war against russian aggression . even promised to block the continuation of already existing restrictions from the european union, a western regional center was opened in lviv on the issue of treatment of prisoners of war, they can apply there relatives of military personnel who were captured or missing, our correspondent khrystyna parubiy knows details about the work of the center. congratulations and please tell me the details in the studio . greetings. greetings to all viewers of the espresso tv channel . the opening of the western regional center for helping families of prisoners of war was launched literally in these minutes. will cover six regions, that is, families of prisoners of war and six regio

i mean there have always been far right proposals into 15 presented by viktor orban and into 18, presented by the italian then interior minister. but the trouble today is not that the far right is in power in more countries. it is that the centrist parties have run out of ideas and are now doing or condoning policies at the borders which were in germany only presented by the f d the far right german party in 2015, but which are now implemented at the eu's external border. and germany is even germany is not openly criticizing it. so the real now implemented at the eu's external border. and germany is threat we have here, it goes farar beyond refugee issues it goes to the rule of law, europe has laws conventions, human rights uh commitments that we are breaking systematically at our borders. and this is supported by governments of all political backgrounds and that is the crisis because that undermines the very basis on which europe is built. let's pick up on that point and link it up to ethical and moral obligations. mckinnon. you have long said that europe has an absolute moral obligation

relations with the russian federation , including, let's talk, the prime minister of hungary, viktor orbanmitted on thursday that the country may have to reconsider its relations with russia in the future due to the change in geopolitical realities after the full-scale invasion of ukraine . orban stated this at the economic forum in budapest, quote, i understand the need to restore russian-european relations after the war, but this is far from realistic. hungary will have to think carefully about what kind of relations we can establish and maintain with russia in the next 10-15 years. we understand that the foreign policy course of hungary is formed thanks to the strange position of orbán and the hungarian nationalists , that is, it is not someone who is shaping this hungary. economy, politics, and war, this is how money is collected for a jeep for the third odshb. that's how the espresso tv channel, together with the autoangel fund and the civilization of europe charity fund , are collecting money for a jeep for the third separate of the assault brigade carrying out tasks in the direction

member , now in the park they are looking for a legal loophole so as not to arrest putin, but viktor orbanhungarian friend of the russian president, decided in general don't bother with any catchphrases, they directly stated that hungary will not touch putin, fortunately for such countries, the unit is, for example, another partner of russia in the brics brazil, unlike the couples, confirmed that it respects the criminal code and that there brazil will soon not be able to go even to its ally in terms of gdp odcb to armenia, which this week began the process of ratifying the rome statute , which means that it will be obliged to detain vladimir putin, the main thing is not to make a mistake, because the talk about putin's doppelgangers is only intensifying too much already the sharp changes that are taking place with the gdp in the public literally within a few days catch the eye, what kind of tsar is the real oleksandr melnikov with experts, closely looked at the man who presents himself as vladimir putin, the replacement of the tsar, why putin's mysterious visits to crimea and mariupol may

viktor orban calls russian gas the shock force of the hungarian economy; previously, he was the shockf the german economy. but now it is already the past. but the south of europe still retains the privilege, hungary, for example, receives 4.5 billion cubic meters of russian gas per year through the turkish stream under a fresh contract for 15 years, i don’t want to lose this. by blowing up gas pipelines in europe, the americans have alerted the whole world, too, the chinese state television channel cgtn presented a video this week that leaves no doubt. who committed this terrorist attack china is clearly in solidarity with the version of the american investigative reporter seymour seymour hersh , where he convincingly proves guilt , usa to ukraine nord stream will cease to exist if russia invades ukraine nord stream 2 does not move forward 190 days before the nord stream explosions several members of a special task force a group allegedly led by us national security adviser jake sullivan flew to norway to find a suitable place to plant explosives under gas pipelines 116 days before th

affairs of this country petersierta announced that kyiv and budapest are preparing for the visit of viktor orbanime minister of hungary to kyiv when it will take place is unknown, so petros clearly said that they are currently discussing some technical issues, but in your opinion, how important is this visit for us and for hungary, the question is probably rhetorical because it is absolutely important in any international relations, especially in problematic e-e that are not 100% negative e-e. because if you look at the line taken by hungary, how it actually plays, highlight those public statements that are made in the context of the war in ukraine, in the context of russia and their actions , namely the support of all 10 packages of sanctions and following in the shaper of the course which admitted by the european union as such , hungary is not such an unequivocal one hundred percent supporter of the russian federation, and it is precisely in the context of this ambiguity of hungary's behavior around the russian invasion of ukraine such a visit is extremely important. probably even more importa

own defensive alliance and not rely on help from the united states , hungarian prime minister viktor orban interview quoted by the country's media, the body called europe's refusal of diplomacy one of the reasons for the ukrainian conflict in the decisions brussels more often traced american interests than european ones added the head of the hungarian government. he lamented that the european union has given in to the united states, the decisive word in european affairs, as a result , there is not enough political will to resolve the ukrainian crisis from the west. china india arab countries turkey and brazil want a speedy end to the conflict in ukraine, but the states are against it , it turns out that the main values . the west now act selectively stressed orban to this new the world will have to get used to the phenomenon. in egypt , archaeologists have announced a sensational discovery inside the great pyramid of cheops, a group of scientists have discovered a previously unknown corridor. its length is 9 m, width is more than 2 m. the find was made thanks to a full-scale scanning of th

hungarian prime minister viktor orban, clearly understands this and fears that western countries canrt in the conflict that the americans are trying to draw the europeans into the meat grinder of the war , the irish mp hillman paynes said in the european parliament. it's the same people , the current military rhetoric is not intended to feel for ordinary people. ugliness. the west is arguing about the continuation of the supply of weapons, if only the conflict continues, it disgusts me to see you military generals sitting here and sending these men to death make me sick of you. we need a peace ideologist from conflicts plus german factories. the cost of ak german rheinmetall increased by 150%. the concern's profit exceeded 6 billion euros, and even in the bundestag they are outraged by such a policy of the german government. just an anti-war film. received four oscars without change on the western front. and i am very surprised when the deputies of this parliament praise this film and at the same time chant the slogan, tanks save your life, really. didn't teach anything. history, be

discuss the possibility of sending a peacekeeping contingent to ukraine , hungarian prime minister viktor orban eu was getting bogged down in the conflict even a year ago, there was no talk of lethal weapons. a now we will take a step and are ready to send uranium-containing shells to this. well, which means the transfer to europe is the transfer of the european military, according to the authority. it is a matter of time, it is not clear how to arm them. the german press today writes that germany does not even have money to buy spare parts for bundeswehr leopards, the entire annual budget. and this 5 billion euros was spent at the beginning of march. ukrainian athletes were banned from qualifying for games if russians participate in them today with reference to the executive committee of the olympic committee ukraine is reported by locals. let me remind the media that this week i could issue recommendations to allow russian and belarusian athletes to compete. on this very. they reacted nervously in kiev and europe, as in warsaw they said that the recommendations could not be carried out by tho

budapest calls for a peaceful settlement of the conflict in ukraine escalation prime minister viktor orbanthat his actions are bringing the start of a full-scale international confrontation closer. the west is bringing more and more powerful weapons systems to ukraine to continue military operations against russia, and therefore the third world war is no longer some kind of literary exaggeration. now this is a real danger, european leaders are already calmly talking about whether the eu countries will be able to send troops to ukraine like peacekeepers. we are close to this line, which no one has crossed before in an interview. victor urban recalled. the position of his country regarding the supply of equipment and equipment to ukrainians a year ago in budapest gave a clear answer to the question. whether it is worth sending lethal weapons to kiev, the hungarians, then and now they said no, but strange, the west also hesitated. now this is not a question. now the question is only tanks or how many aircraft or shells with uranium-containing elements or troops reacted to the statement of vik

, called for peace viktor orban, called for peace consistently in ukraine.ion it's part of his support for religious as we see in this case. and it's a real challenge. we hear a lot the importance of religious liberty from certain people in the west, but there hasn't been much over the seeming violations of religious in ukraine. of religious liberty in ukraine. i think it shows limits of our commitment to religious , even commitment to religious, even among those claim to value it very highly . well, matthew very highly. well, matthew schmitz, i talk to you all day, but thank you so much for contributing to our sunday show thatis contributing to our sunday show that is founder editor of contacts magazine. according to this gb news people's this week's gb news people's poll, the public is in favour of the government reducing the cost of childcare. this comes after chancellor announced chancellor jeremy hunt announced that working parents england that working parents in england will given free for children will be given free for children under five by septembe

yes, but if they say no, then there will be a situation for a ceasefire hungarian prime minister viktor orbanin noted that of all countries, only hungary is speaking for an immediate cessation of hostilities in ukraine, only she and the vatican really want the peace of europe the leaders of the western world are suffering from war fever and are sending more and more dangerous weapons to ukraine , sending fighter jets to kiev is already on the agenda, which used to be considered taboo in my opinion, we are very close to to the fact that the soldiers from the trans-allies of kiev crossed the border and entered the land of ukraine, i must say that the world has never been so close to the fact that because of the local war, it was about the luhansk donetsk turned out to be a world war, the likelihood of this is growing. from day to day, the countries of europe, like sleepwalkers on the roof, are constantly balancing on the brink of war with russia, in fact, an indirect war has already been going on a year ago. we all hoped that this armed conflict would not escalate into a real war, but this happ

countries are close to discussing the sending of troops to ukraine , hungarian prime minister viktor orbanade such a statement on the radio, he noted that both now and a year ago, when western countries hesitated to supply lethal weapons to ukraine, hungary opposed it, but at the moment, according to urban , the question is not only what exactly to send tanks or also planes or shells from uranus containing elements or troops. although we are close to the fact that in the conversations of european leaders , the question of whether the eu member states can send troops of some peacekeeping type to ukraine in any form or is it better not to send our relatives not to cross borders has become legitimate and accepted? qatar president dmitry peskov, in turn, said that if such talk is really serious, then this is an extremely dangerous idea. this is a statement that is very important to pay attention to. and if we are talking about some serious slips, then, of course, this is a potentially extremely dangerous discussion of force in world practice. they usually agree. in this case , potentially. thi

. >> my god. >> not only have they've been worshipping a guy in a viktor orban, both here and by having these things over in hungry, they are worshipping a guy politically who said he does not believe in western democracy anymore. he is a champion of liberalism. and a liberal democracy. ronald reagan, that is, you and i know, this may be some of these so-called conservatives don't know, it that is literally the antithesis of ronald reagan, and reagan-ism, what orban, what trump preaches there, it is sort of this authoritarianism, it is the exact opposite of what reagan and put these people who were originally -- backup were supposed to believe in. >> well, john mccain is rolling over in this, grave but, also, i think i'm correct in noting -- not just autocrats, it is other election deniers from foreign countries, so as you, said is so contrary to the traditional ideology that we have known through the years, through bush, through mccain, and again you see the evolution of donald trump and where he started and it's hard to figure out where the ideological mornings are but as you p

in hungary, the party of far-right prime minister viktor orban said wednesday it will endorse the expansion of nato to include finland and sweden. that leaves turkey as the only nato holdout. turkish president recep tayyip erdogan has rejected sweden's accession to nato after accusing it of harboring dissidents he considers terrorists. sweden and finland had hoped to join nato simultaneously. at least that ishat the united states government wanted. the biden administration has announced $619 million in high-tech arms sales to taiwan, including new missiles for its f-16 fighter jets. the deal will primarily benefit weapons makers raytheon and lockheed martin. after the sale was announced, taiwan reported china's ai force flewarplanes into air space taiwan considers part of its air defense identification zo. the u.s. air force says it has relieved six officers at a north dakota nuclear missile base after their units failed a it's not clear exactly what lapses prompted the firings. the minot air force base is home to more than two dozen b-52 nuclear-capable bombers, as well as 165 minuteman ii

from distance how some of that effort is to what the authoritarian leader of hungry just did the viktor orban who's a big star among the american right and conservative media. he did this and hungry to. he spent let better part of last decade taking control of the courts and legal systems, so now in his country there is no real legal system, it's just part of orban's consolidated power. sort of a paper tiger. it's a system that exists only on paper. then answers to him or, rubber stamps whatever it wants, punishes this enemies, but every wants them to do. >> and again, from a distance, it's easy for us to, see in different countries the same pattern, from a distance it's easy for us to see the saying the people are protesting against israel right, now the thing that just happen in hungry, it's very similar to what the authoritarian leader of russia during his time in russia he took power 1999 and then right after he ate the independent you share for breakfast, followed up by eating this supposedly independent parliament for lunch. now russia is neither of those things, neither an independent

a piece saying, basically comparing what governor desantis was doing to what an autocrat like viktor orbanngary is doing. we had kimberly on the show she said that we should stop calling it a cultural war, this is fascism. this is what it looks like when you have the state trying to control and suppress its citizens. do you think that is an overstatement? where do you stand on that? >> i don't, actually. i don't think that is an overstatement. and i think that if we were actually looking at what the long term objectives are here, it would be astounding, and terrifying for people. but you know, the fact that it is being framed as culture wars, people thinking this is, you know, basically like the political equivalent of a sports rivalry. we are not thinking of this in the long term in terms of what its implications are for free expression. and that is also weird because one of the things that they are using, the rhetoric that they are using is that this is actually an attempt to bolster free expression. and you, know that is the kind of the hype of cynical of politics as it relates to this.

viktor orban did this in hungary too, taking control of the courts and legal system. now in his country, there's no real legal system. it's just part of orban's consolidated power. it's sort of a paper tiger now. it's a system that exists only on paper that answers to him. rubber stamps whatever he wants, punishes his enemies. whatever he wants them to do. and again, from a distance, it's easy for us to see in different countries the same pattern. from a distance, it's easy for us to see the thing people are protesting against in israel right now and the thing that just happened in hungary is similar to what the authoritarian leader of russia did. putin took power in russia in 1999, and right after he ate the independent judiciary for breakfast. he followed it up by eating the supposedly independent parliament for lunch. and now russia has neither of those things. neither an independent judiciary or independent parliament, and now russia is the kind of country where every significant opposition leader who's surfaced in any capacity in the past decade or more is either

not only because of its coziness with people like viktor orban and authoritarians, but also because its leader, matt schlapp has been accused of some really credit -- terrible stuff, that's not been addressed. cpac is messy. of course for ron desantis, i am happy to be wrong about this. i do not think ron desantis will even get into this race. i think he is enjoying the limelight. it is good for someone like ron desantis to speculate about whether he will run. i do not think that he will run. i think he's probably choosing his opportunities carefully, curating them to keep his options open without having to make a commitment one way or the other. >> molly, one quick last one to you on that point. ron desantis has played very well in his own backyard, for sure. but florida is not america, despite the fact that a lot of floridians think it is, it is not. so how do you see a ron desantis, to lucy's point, translating outside of florida? particularly, given some of the policies he is pushing? >> we are seeing a lot of people all in on ron desantis even though he has not announced, right? we

basil, how concerned should americans be that far-right extremist global leaders like bolsonaro, viktor orban they are celebrated and cover the speakers at cpac conferences? >> it is very concerning. and you are right, he does sound a lot like donald trump. there is good on both sides, remember that line? sounds very familiar. i have many friends in brazil, travel there many times. i know the brazilian people are very concerned about bolsonaro's influence. he got elected with little to no money, using whatsapp, basically to spread his lies. social media. where have we heard that before? it is right out of donald trump's playbook. they are learning from each other. i have said this before, millican exceptionalism can outpour all the good and bad this country can't offer. what we are doing right now is offering a platform to the far right, in multiple parts of this globe, they are concerned about the rise of antisemitism, concerned about the overall rise in hate crimes as a result of that. and it is concern -- extremely concerning. we should be concerned for ourselves, certainly for our neighbo

today, hungarian prime minister viktor orban said on the air of the body, said that the leaders of europedy ready to seriously discuss sending a peacekeeping contingent to ukraine, and this is fraught with a direct clash with russia, which can lead to fatal consequences. a year ago , he argued about whether the hungarians could send lethal weapons to ukraine, then and now they said that there are no western countries, too, hesitated. now it's no problem. now the question is only tanks or how many aircraft or shells from uranium containing elements or troops are we close to the fact that in the conversations of european leaders the question of whether a strange eu member can send troops of some peacekeeping type to ukraine or is it better not to send us close to this previously uncrossable border, moscow was not long in coming in the kremlin, the discussion of the amendment of the european emirates to ukraine was called extremely dangerous. this is a statement that is generally important to pay attention to. and if we are already talking about some serious slips, then, of course, this is a

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. >> well, america's very own viktor orban, known as the republican governor of florida and his sycophantislature are here to help, just in time for the commemoration of the selma to montgomery march which went from a scene of fascist police abuse to a fight over the first amendment. desantis is constructing the safe space of marjorie and her far right fellow travelers dreams. and if he and his legislative friends get their way, florida won't be the place woke goes to die, it will be the place where bigots go to live. want to emulate your favorite president when he was a landlord and write c for colored on black would-be renters applications and deny them? how about refusing to hire or sell your home to a black or brown person. want to scream inn-word or f-word to your coworkers or yell into a bull horn to jewish drivers for just passing by, or maybe you want to fire an employee for getting same-sex married or coming out as trans or having a child out of wedlock, or what if someone violates your safe space by saying you discriminated against them or calls you a racist or a bigot? well, a

authoritarian , he's an ethnonationalism, he doesn't like democracy much, he supports people like viktor orban he won the electoral college in 2016 with russia's help. that means he knows he's going to need that help again. >> absolutely. i think he also knows, when he says things like this, it makes it more likely that he will get putin's help. that'll get the help of those around putin, in order to support putin. from other parts of the world. and that's his, you know, ace in the hole. he doesn't think he can win this fairly, we know that. because he treated like hell the last time, and continues to lie about the election. but he thinks that if he can get the russians to put their thumb on the scale again, and he's got the republican party running scared of him, he's got a shot in the tragic reality is, he does have a shot. >> what is your reaction to kevin mccarthy refusing presidents lynskey's invitation to come to ukraine or discussed with him directly aid to ukraine? >> i don't know what kind of single settled creature kevin mccarthy is more like, i'm an amoeba or a pair mission. what i