Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "How Orban Wants to Change the EU to "Make Europe Great Again"" video.

  1. The problem for Orbán, without the EU, Hungary as a country would be far weaker, Orbán knows that his only real influence is the vote he has in the EU, he also knows that if Hungary were to leave the EU, Hungary would be useless to the likes of Trump, Putin and Xi, so as much as he doesn't like the EU, he has no choice but to stay in as that is his only real power. I do think that if the people of Hungary are not careful, it's going to lead to Hungary being kicked out of the EU and that will likely happen in stages, first Hungary will get isolated from decision-making, second, other EU members will put up their boarders on Hungary, with that, Hungary would have little to no influence in the EU, which from the EU's point of view, they would be fine with leaving it at that, but for Hungary, that would be a weak position and quite humiliating, also, by not having much of a voice in the EU, Orbán becomes useless for Trump, Putin and Xi, and honestly, I think this is the only way people in Hungary will wake up and elect someone more sensible, either way, the issue will be mostly solved whichever way Hungary goes and it's far less of an issue for the EU and it's other members. So yes, its high time the EU pulls out the nuke option on Hungary, I mean seriously, how far does Orbán have to go for the EU and its other members wake up to see that Hungary isn't a good fit for the EU club, and this does include the people, because how many elections have happened and yet the people keep voting in Orbán, in fact, that's a bigger reason why Hungary needs kicking out of the EU because the problem isn't just Orbán, it's enough of the people that are supporting his ideals, which goes against everything the EU stands for.
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  2. I find it funny how the likes of Orbán praise the likes of Trump, Putin and XI, all dictators or wannabe dictators and yet always lashes out against democracies, how anyone can take the guy serious is beyond me. As for making Europe great again, really? By weakening the EU so that his friends, Trump, Putin and Xi can play European countries off each other with divide and rule. Orbán likes to talk a good deal but his voice is quite weak and Hungary under his leadership is becoming more isolated in the EU, the true power in the EU is being a team player, working well with others and willing to compromise on policy areas, basically, everything Orbán is not, and the countries will real power and influence in the EU are the ones that are willing to work with others, big or small countries can have quite a lot of influence if they are willing to work with others on policy areas, willing to be a team player but most important, willing to compromise on policy areas to get things done, hence why the likes of Germany, France and even many smaller EU countries carry more influence than Hungary does, after all, the hard line approach might make headlines but it doesn't make friends. Or to put it another way, Germany and France have been so successful in the EU of big countries whiles the UK used to get sidelined a lot on many policy areas, all 3 are big powers, but Germany and France had something the UK didn't, they are constructive and not obstructive like the UK used to be, they are willing to work with other EU members and parties and are willing to compromise, that's real power and influence in the EU and this is the case for big or small EU members, Hungary under Orbán is a very self-centred country that's all about self-interest and not working with others, and that weakens Hungary position in the EU and around the world whiles also isolating the country, and let's be honest with ourselves, for all the threats and veto use from Orbán, has he really achieved anything? The EU and it's members always seem to find away around him whiles continuing to isolating Hungary and longer term, this will have negative impact on Hungary influence and it's economy, which in turn could hurt living standards in the country. The irony is, the EU have been really soft, they could come down much tougher on Hungary and I think they need to do so, after all, I can't imagine the US taking this crap from one of its members if they were in this position, the US would likely come down on the member like a ton on bricks.
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