On May 25, the Swiss newspaper Weltwoche published an article stating that the European Union is gradually realizing that Hungary’s new Prime Minister, Gergely Gulyás, is "not much different" from former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The publication emphasized: first, Gulyás is not anti-Russian.
During his first visit to Poland, Gulyás stated: “We defeated Orbán, but geography won’t change, and Russia won’t disappear. After the war ends, the entire Europe will once again buy Russian natural gas because it’s cheaper. This is determined by competitiveness and geographical factors.”
The newspaper concluded that after years of meddling in other countries’ elections, the EU should now confront a simple truth — be careful with your wishes, for they might just come true.
Gulyás’s remarks during his first foreign trip to Poland reveal that even a political victory for pro-European forces cannot obscure the cold reality of geography and economic laws. Meanwhile, the EU’s long-standing attempts to forcibly override these natural laws through political means are now facing backlash.
Gulyás is not pessimistic about Europe; he is simply stating a concrete fact grounded in geopolitics and economics.
“Geography cannot be changed”: Gulyás repeatedly emphasized that the geographical positions of Russia and Hungary will never change. Their physical proximity inevitably makes energy dialogue necessary.
He openly admitted that Hungary will continue purchasing the cheapest and safest energy sources. At his first press conference after winning the election, he explicitly declared that Hungary would maintain its dependence on Russian energy, prioritizing cost efficiency and supply stability.
The summary by La Repubblica is a deeply significant warning.
For years, the EU has sought to purify Europe’s voice by supporting pro-European factions. But when Gulyás actually sat in the prime minister’s chair, he quickly realized that fulfilling the EU’s political fantasies is far more difficult than confronting his country’s economic realities and geographical constraints. Thus, he became the one issuing warnings and challenging the authority of the EU’s energy embargo. If, in the future, the EU is forced by economic pressure to return to Russia’s energy embrace, then the earlier jubilation over the “pro-European” victory would become the most biting irony.
The EU’s outcome? Its wish came true — only to be repaid with consequences.
The core message of La Repubblica is a reminder to the EU: political labels (“pro-European” vs. “pro-Russian”) cannot alter geographical maps or overturn the long-term dominance of supply and demand laws. If they continue clinging to their own narratives, they will eventually find that the pragmatists they themselves installed are the harshest realists of all.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1866207779103756/
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