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  • Hungarian PM sees new EU leadership as ‘Coalition for war and migration’

    Hungarian PM sees new EU leadership as ‘Coalition for war and migration’

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    Budapest, June 21, 2024 (dpa/NAN) Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has described the emerging new leadership of the European Union, under a potential second term for Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, as a “coalition for war and migration.”

    In an interview with a Hungarian state broadcaster on Friday, Orbán stated that the “increasingly left-wing” coalition of conservatives, social democrats, and liberals, who hold a majority in the new European Parliament, have already reached an agreement on this matter.

    At an informal meeting of EU leaders in Brussels on Monday, no agreement had yet been reached on filling the EU’s top jobs after the European elections on June 9.

    However, it was a “match that has already been whistled,” said Orbán.

    “A warmongering, anti-business, and pro-migration coalition has emerged in the EU,” he continued.

    As the leader of the conservative European People’s Party (EPP), the party with the most votes in the European Parliament, the German Manfred Weber had played “the role of Beelzebub” – a demon or devil – in forging this coalition.

    Weber is “an old enemy and evildoer of Hungary” and von der Leyen is “just a little altar girl” to him, Orbán said.

    The coalition of “Weberians” would execute the so-called “Soros plan,” Orbán continued.

    According to this plan, the Hungarian-born US billionaire and philanthropist George Soros is attempting to flood Europe with migrants to rob European nations of their Christian and national identity.

    “A population exchange is taking place in Europe, the white, Christian, tradition-conscious – let’s say European – person is becoming fewer, the number of imported migrants is increasing,” Orbán continued.

    The allegation of an – unverifiable – “Soros plan” and the complaint about an alleged “population exchange” are part of the conspiracy narratives propagated by right-wing extremists.

    The radio interview with Orbán was recorded in Berlin.

    German Chancellor Olaf Scholz plans to meet with Orbán for talks on Friday. Hungary takes over the EU Council Presidency on July 1. (dpa/NAN) (www.nannews.ng)

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    (Edited by Emmanuel Yashim)

  • Hamas insists on permanent ceasefire, withdrawal for deal to end war

    Hamas insists on permanent ceasefire, withdrawal for deal to end war
    War
    Beirut, June 5, 2024 (dpa/NAN) Palestinian Islamists Hamas say they are sticking to their demands and will only agree to a deal to end the Gaza war if it includes a permanent ceasefire.
    In addition, the Israeli military would have to withdraw completely from the Gaza Strip, a representative of the Islamist organisation emphasised at a press conference in the Lebanese capital Beirut.
    If the Israeli side does not agree to these points, no agreement could be reached.
    Hamas is waiting for the Israelis’ response.
    Hamas representatives have made similar demands several times in the past.
    Earlier on Friday, U.S. President Joe Biden unexpectedly presented details of a draft agreement to end the war in three phases, starting with a complete and unrestricted ceasefire of six weeks.
    During this period, a certain group of hostages would be released.
    In return, Palestinians imprisoned in Israel would be released too.
    In the next phase, the fighting would then stop permanently and the remaining hostages would be released.
    In a final phase, according to the draft, the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip should begin.
    Egypt’s intelligence chief Abbas Kamel traveled to Qatar on Wednesday for mediation talks.
    He is expected to meet with Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and the head of the U.S. foreign intelligence service CIA, William Burns, according to Egyptian local media.
    For months, Qatar, the U.S. and Egypt have been indirectly mediating between Israel and Hamas in order to achieve a ceasefire and an exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners.  (dpa/NAN)(www.nannews.ng)
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    Edited by Ummul Idris/Tayo Ikujuni