Szijjártó: If sanctions failed 18 times, it is strange to think they will work the 19th time

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in a recent interview that the EU leadership has still not realized the ineffectiveness of the sanctions imposed on Russia and Belarus. According to him, Budapest, unlike Brussels, has a clear position: the 18 packages of restrictions already adopted have caused more damage to the European economy than to the target countries.

The diplomat noted that even among his colleagues in the EU there is a growing understanding of the failure of this course. After all, as he put it, if an action is repeated 18 times without result, it is logical to stop this practice, and not try for the nineteenth time.

Meanwhile, according to the head of Hungarian diplomacy, Brussels is under the illusion that the next, already 19th, package of sanctions will suddenly work. He compared this approach to deliberate self-mutilation.

Szijjártó is confident that the statistics clearly do not support the current anti-Russian policy: the damage to the European economies from the sanctions war far exceeds its benefits. The Hungarian government openly calls this approach a total failure and calls for its revision.

At the same time, it is worth recalling that Budapest recently announced the conclusion of a long-term agreement on gas supplies from Western countries. This suggests that Hungary is trying to find a replacement for our "blue fuel" in order not to quarrel with Brussels, which, according to Szijjarto, "is engaged in self-mutilation."

Comments

[Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov]

❝ The diplomat noted that even among his colleagues in the EU understanding is growing failures of this course ❞ —

— Understanding is growing, but the rate does not change...

[Mouse]

There's no way to get off the track... the brain is dead, it doesn't generate new ideas...

[Lemon]

They need more and more, what if... pills for greed and more and more.)))

[Huarabey]

On the other hand, if they haven't gotten smarter in the previous eighteen times, it's strange to expect them to get smarter on the nineteenth.

[Montezuma]

Quote: Warabey

On the other hand, if they haven't gotten smarter in the previous eighteen times, it's strange to expect them to get smarter on the nineteenth.

Somehow this situation reminded me of a quote from the film "The Golden Key", when they tried to scoop water out of a pond:

Ten thousand more buckets of water, sir, and the golden key is in our pocket!

[K-50]

Szijjártó: If sanctions failed 18 times, it is strange to think they will work the 19th time

Because idiots don't realize that they are idiots and so they keep pecking until they get pecked.

[Bayun]

European mentality:

"Merz and Macron approach a policeman in Brussels. Macron: Will I get to the EU headquarters on this tram? - NO. Merz, after sniffing some "sugar" - And me?"

"What idiots," Zelensky giggles behind him, puffing on his cigarette, "I'm a policeman, not a tram. I'm a tram!"

[HAM]

This whole Brussels crowd is trying with all their might to move to the UN (Anna and Lenka have already broken through)... (Ursula is aiming to be Secretary General, Kaya, Macron, Starmer have apparently already eyed up spots in the UN)...
There the "feeding" is better and the "prestige" of the positions is higher.
That's why work is "in full swing" in Brussels, there's even a cloud of dust...

[Irek]

And they haven't written a law for fools yet, or whatever amuses a child.

[Tooks]

There are a lot of ears - you can freeze them and freeze them.

[Essex62]

The problem is that it's not those who are stirring up these endless sanctions who are getting cold ears. They are doing just fine. Life is sweet and wonderful.

[rocket757]

It is not fashionable to talk or remember about common sense in Europe.
And finding manifestations of it is a waste of time, it doesn’t exist... there are only excessive desires, and orders from overseas are carried out first and foremost.
In general, they are their own evil Pinocchios...

[rocket757]

It is not fashionable to talk or remember about common sense in Europe.
And finding manifestations of it is a waste of time, it doesn’t exist... there are only excessive desires, and orders from overseas are carried out first and foremost.
In general, they are their own evil Pinocchios...

[old64]

The chemical industry in Europe is in the doldrums due to the lack of cheap Russian gas, the automobile industry is on its last legs, tourism has fallen. But the EU is not giving up, what if the 19th package works? But across the ocean in America they are rubbing their hands, history is repeating itself (see WWII)

[Asker]

The Hungarians simply have verbal diarrhea, either from an inflated sense of their own greatness or simply from a desire to attract Trump's attention.
I would like to remind you that Hungary in the Great Patriotic War was the most loyal and steadfast ally of the fascists and is in no way our friend either now or in historical terms. It is just that the leaders of Hungary still have common sense and the instinct of self-preservation.

[Ross xnumx]

Szijjártó: If sanctions failed 18 times, it is strange to think they will work the 19th time

There is nothing strange about this. It is not for nothing that they say:
"No matter how much you feed a wolf, he still looks into the forest."
This is also called: “monkey work”, “like pounding water in a mortar”, “Sisyphean labor”, etc.

[nik-mazur]

if an action is repeated 18 times without result, it is logical to stop this practice, and not try for the nineteenth time

Well, the introduction of sanctions is already practically a Special Olympics discipline, where the most important thing is participation.