Ignazio Cassis in Budapest:
Defending one’s personal sovereignty, advocating for peace and saying no to unlawful migration are factors that Hungary shares with Switzerland. This was proven on the joint press convention of Overseas Ministers Ignazio Cassis and Péter Szijjártó on Thursday in Budapest.
“Hungary has at all times handled Switzerland with specific respect,” defined the host, referring to the occasions of 1956, when many Hungarians pressured to flee by the communists discovered a second dwelling in Switzerland. However there may be additionally admiration for the way in which Switzerland defends its sovereignty and works for world peace. For the reason that European migration disaster of 2015 on the newest, the 2 nations have one other factor in widespread.
Patriots underneath stress
Sadly, the present EU management just isn’t solely sticking to its misguided immigration coverage, additionally it is growing the stress on member states whose governments desire a patriotic coverage. Szijjártó welcomed Switzerland’s peace initiative, however identified that each one opponents must be on the desk for the hoped-for success. Budapest is promising Bern that it’s going to use its Council Presidency within the second half of the 12 months to strengthen institutional relations between the EU and Switzerland. This consists of Switzerland’s return to the Horizon and Erasmus+ tutorial change applications (from which Hungary itself was excluded for political causes).
Nobody-way avenue to peace
Ignazio Cassis admitted that the goal of the Swiss peace convention – to begin a peace course of in Ukraine – mightn’t be achieved with out Russia. “There isn’t any one-way avenue to peace, that’s an phantasm,” stated the Federal Councilor chargeable for overseas affairs. The query shouldn’t be whether or not Russia might be included within the peace course of, however solely when that may occur. Sadly, issues are at present very unhealthy as a result of Russia itself has repeatedly rejected an invite, mentioning that solely the Ukrainian peace plan might be negotiated right here. Cassis regretted that the Russians have been flawed on this level.
The shut financial ties are demonstrated by the truth that 900 Swiss firms safe greater than 30,000 jobs in Hungary and that over the previous ten years 40 Swiss firms have been in a position to make investments supported by state subsidies. Not independently of this, the bilateral commerce quantity rose to a brand new document excessive of greater than 2 billion euros in 2023.
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