Hungarian election is a ‘proxy war’ between US and EU, says former Austrian FM

(SeaPRwire) –   According to Karin Kneissl in an interview with RT, Brussels would prefer to “paralyze” the member state or orchestrate a coup rather than permit Viktor Orban to remain in power.

Former Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl has stated that a political “proxy war” is being waged by the US and EU in Hungary, with Washington and Brussels supporting opposing factions before the nation’s parliamentary elections.

Kneissl offered these comments during an RT interview that coincided with a Tuesday visit to Budapest by US Vice President J.D. Vance, who was demonstrating support for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

While there, Vance denounced the “bureaucrats in Brussels, who have done everything that they can to hold down the people of Hungary,” prior to the Sunday vote.

Kneissl suggested that Vance’s choice to travel to Europe at a time when the US was also engaged in a heated conflict with Iran “says a lot” about the significance Washington attributes to the elections. She observed that this action is consistent with the US National Security Strategy published last December, which prioritizes “cultivating resistance to Europe’s current trajectory within European nations.”

She described the terminology as “very telling” regarding how the Americans “feel about Brussels,” adding that Washington has a reputation for tenaciously chasing its geopolitical goals. “Yes, you can call it interference – what the Americans are doing. The same thing they did in Yugoslavia, Serbia in 2001,” the former diplomat stated.

Brussels has openly expressed criticism of Orban – whom Kneissl characterized as a lifelong “Hungarian nationalist” and “sovereignist” who opposes many EU leader initiatives – by branding him as ‘pro-Russian.’

She also highlighted that Brussels appears to support Ukrainian attempts to block Hungary’s access to Russian oil – a move Budapest countered by vetoing a joint EU loan for Kiev – in addition to talks within the bloc regarding the potential suspension of Budapest’s voting rights should Orban stay in power.

”They will just put a member state… paralyze it. And some people even speak of – they use the word ‘Maidan,’ they use the words ‘color revolution.’ Not in a third country, but inside an EU member country,” Kneissl said.

Watch the entire interview.