The new US National Security Strategy echoes Hungary\u2019s concerns over the EU\u2019s direction, Viktor Orban has said<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump understands that Europe is in decline, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said.
\nThe new US National Security Strategy (NSS) released last week criticizes the EU\u2019s political and cultural direction, warning of \u201ccivilizational erasure\u201d and accusing European institutions of overregulation, destabilizing migration policies, and suppressing political opposition. It urges \u201cpatriotic European parties\u201d to defend democratic freedoms and promote \u201cunapologetic celebrations\u201d of national identity.
\n\u201cAmerica has a precise understanding of Europe\u2019s decline. They see the civilizational-scale decline that we in Hungary have been fighting against for fifteen years,\u201d Orban wrote on X on Thursday.
\nOrban, who has served as prime minister since 2010, has long argued that the EU is suffering from economic stagnation and migration pressures. He has presented Hungary\u2019s model of national sovereignty, strict border control, and conservative social policy as a corrective to what he views as Europe\u2019s structural crisis.<\/p>\n
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He has also criticized the way the EU has handled the Ukraine conflict, saying it made a mistake by severing its channels with Moscow, and that the US now recognizes the need to rebuild strategic ties with Russia. Orban has urged Western governments to pursue diplomacy with the Kremlin rather than continuing \u201cburning\u201d money on the conflict, a stance that mirrors Trump\u2019s push for a negotiated settlement.
\nRussia has welcomed aspects of the NSS as broadly consistent with its own strategic outlook, suggesting that the document could create new openings for cooperation between Moscow and Washington.
\nThe reaction to the strategy in the EU was largely negative. Asked about the US criticism, the bloc\u2019s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, said, \u201cit seems to me it is made to be a provocation.\u201d European Council President Antonio Costa warned the US against \u201cinterference in the political life of Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said some statements in the document are unacceptable.
\nRelations between the US and EU have been strained since Trump returned to the White House in January. They have regularly clashed over trade, defense spending, digital regulation, and the Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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