Orban Cautions EU’s Next 7-Year Budget Could Be Its Last
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The European Union is in a state of disintegration, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán warned, adding that the next seven-year budget would be the last for the continental bloc unless radical changes are implemented. “I believe that the European Union has now entered a state of disintegration. And if it continues like this — and the likelihood of this is very high, — then, the EU will go down in history as a depressing result of a noble experiment,” Orban stressed, speaking at the opening of the political season in the city of Kotcse. The Hungarian leader noted that the European Union must now adopt a new common budget for the 2028-2035 period.”Even if we manage to pass this budget — which we may have serious doubts about — but if we do, it will be the last seven-year budget of the European Union. If things continue like this, I consider it completely impossible to pass a common budget after 2035,” he emphasized. 
WorldHungary’s Orban Advises EU Leaders to Go to Moscow, Sign Security Deal With Russia7 September, 17:58 GMTThe Hungarian Prime Minister proposed organizing the EU into four concentric circles to resolve the crisis. The outermost circle would focus on security and energy security, open to non-EU members like Turkey, the United Kingdom, and Ukraine, in addition to member states. The second circle would contain those sharing a common market, similar to the EU’s internal market. Within that, the third circle would be the eurozone, characterized by a common monetary policy. Finally, the fourth circle would unite countries pursuing a close political union with shared principles.”Only such a flexible structure of circles can ensure interaction between European countries at different levels of cooperation… If we do not move to this order, the European Union will fall apart,” Orban concluded. Orban has previously argued that the European Union’s current economic policy is unsustainable. He warned that if it continues, the EU’s “days are numbered,” and would collapse under its own weight, making the question of leaving it moot. He also asserted that the window for enacting radical change is only two to three years. According to the politician, Europe will “fall apart before our eyes” unless the liberals in power in Brussels are replaced by members of patriotic governments, and “purges” are needed, similar to those occurring in the United States.
