Tamas Ibolya

Policy person with the Dialogue for Hungary party, environmentalist, former diplomat, Hungarian with a Danish kick. Views strictly mine.

[Tamas Ibolya @TamasIbolya]

Finally some modest but visible reward (30 pieces of silver in loan) for Orban's betrayal. Because whatever Orban had lied about HU's super advantageous gas deal with RU, Russian gas to HU was never any cheaper than TTF gas price. No privilege there. https://t.co/HZ9Z4LP6qj

[Tamas Ibolya @TamasIbolya]

@szekyjanos No doubt at all. He also said the other day in his weekly radio interview that the war will only end if the US stops doing this and that. Just incredible.

[Tamas Ibolya @TamasIbolya]

Me on how the Hungarian government hijacked urban development in Budapest. https://t.co/EUKiXLoutn

[Dr Charlie Gardner (also on the blue place) @CharlieJGardner]

I’ve been aware of the destruction of the planet my whole life, and can still barely cope with the magnitude of the news these days

The mental health crisis when the rest of the world wakes up to it all is going to be so unbearably awful

[Tamas Ibolya @TamasIbolya]

@curtmilam Her debut album 'Felt Mountain' is a masterpiece.

[Tamas Ibolya @TamasIbolya]

@Geraint_Smith @sinikukka I am Hungarian and I'm feeling exactly the same way.

[Tamas Ibolya @TamasIbolya]

What's beyond fantastic is that domestically he turned his "given" inability to go against Putin into the position of being pro-peace (vs. the "warmongering opp"), and this, in effect, gave him his 4th constitutional majority. I just can't get my head around this utter irony. END

[Tamas Ibolya @TamasIbolya]

My take. 🇭🇺 veto on 🇪🇺 oil embargo & Orban's 🇺🇦 /🇷🇺 policy in general hurts (& will hurt) him so much, have so drastic consequences for him internationally that its expalanation, clearly, can't lie in a thought-through cost-benefit (economic or other) calculation...1/3

[Daniel Freund @daniel_freund]

The sad state of European democracy

[Tamas Ibolya @TamasIbolya]

The same goes for his rejection of military aid to 🇺🇦. Real reason, clearly, is not the protection of 🇭🇺 minorities or averting escalation. He'd gladly abandon these policies if he could. But he can't bc, as many suggested, 🇭🇺 govt has been "penetrated & compromised" by 🇷🇺...2/3

[Tamas Ibolya @TamasIbolya]

The Orban-playbook has never been, thank God, fully implemented anywhere else in Europe. Change was therefore still possible in these countries. In a simulated reality and fully realized state capture, it isn't. Of that we can be sure now.

[Daniel Freund @daniel_freund]

Voted out of office in the past 12 months:
🇸🇮Jansa
🇧🇬Borissov
🇨🇿Babis

It was a different Europe just 1 year ago. The Orban-playbook does not work outside of Hungary.

[Tamas Ibolya @TamasIbolya]

So very disappointing. If anything, war in UKR, should highlight the urgency of the rule of law mechanism, and pushing back hard within the union against anti-democratic subverters, and not create an excuse for continued inaction. This should be the time.

[Daniel Freund @daniel_freund]

‼️This is absolutely scandalous. EU-Commission putting rule of law mechanism on ice.

Attacks on democracy and the rule of law by Orban and PiS governments DID NOT STOP the day Russia invaded Ukraine. They are going on EVERY DAY. /1

[Tamas Ibolya @TamasIbolya]

🇭🇺 opp. called 4 emergency debate in parliament bc of the war. Proposed resolution condemning 🇷🇺, showing solidarity w 🇺🇦. How did Fidesz react? THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP. So ashamed of these ppl running our country. These corrupt, cynical, traitorous bastards. https://t.co/ThsX1O6m9y

[Tamas Ibolya @TamasIbolya]

@10DowningStreet Thank you, that was helpful. Did @10DowningStreet also confront Orban on his 12 years' (and counting) Russia-policy and selling us all out?

[Igor Sushko @igorsushko]

🧵My translation of the analysis of the current situation in Russia by an active FSB analyst. Buckle up for a long thread and definitely please share far & wide. The full text is over 2000 words. This is a highly insightful look behind the curtain - covers many subjects.

[Tamas Ibolya @TamasIbolya]

Orban, the Sauron of spinning pulls off a double feat: refuses to the largest extent possible to lay a hand on Putin AND widens his lead in the campaign as the peace candidate. Yes, peace candidate. Wherever you look, it's hopeless, broken, dark, insane. https://t.co/JZIgQSiNar

[Tamas Ibolya @TamasIbolya]

So sickening and I hope 🇪🇺 take notice. But no matter how they try to reduce the cognitive dissonance, this will hurt Orban a lot. No way around it. Most of the base was not onboard anyway... And 🇭🇺 FM was recently awarded 🇷🇺 Order of Friendship. Bc he earned it. Think ab that.

[Szikra Mozgalom @SzikraMozgalom]

While on the international stage Orbán aligns himself with the EU's statements, the national media produces pro-Russia propaganda!

[Tamas Ibolya @TamasIbolya]

This says it all, and should be perfectly clear to everyone concerned about the upcoming Hungarian elections. “Expectations of fair and democratic elections appear to be simply illusory.” Very important piece by @DanielHegedus82

[Daniel Hegedus @DanielHegedus82]

In #Hungary, the #EuropeanUnion might well be facing the first-ever significantly #RiggedElection in one of its member states.
How it reacts to this challenge will have a crucial long-term impact on the #democratic credentials of the #EU
@gmfus @euronews
https://t.co/sDKAK8MXX4

[Tamas Ibolya @TamasIbolya]

Our government is awesome. Here is Hungary's deputy PM Zsolt Semjen holding holy water when Viktor Orban's office got consecrated today. He's also an avid hunter and flies rented helicopters in Sweden to shoot reindeers. https://t.co/SFcFqlxhm8

[Tamas Ibolya @TamasIbolya]

Great article on @Telexhu ab how many ppl are actually immune to covid in HU. In the govt’s count the first shot already qualifies (!) so they say 63 %. In reality (how many shots and when), it’s 35 %.

[Tamas Ibolya @TamasIbolya]

Change in German Hungary policy is a big big first for Viktor Orban.

[Markus Becker @MarkusBecker]

Senior negotiators of FDP and Greens now confirm: Without substantial changes in #RuleOfLaw situation in 🇵🇱 and 🇭🇺, #Germany’s new government will oppose disbursement of #Corona funds.