Summary

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, encouraged by Donald Trump’s return to power, hosted Germany’s far-right AfD leader Alice Weidel, calling the party the “future” of Germany.

He aims to unite Europe’s far-right in the EU Parliament and praised AfD’s anti-immigration stance. Weidel, in turn, lauded Hungary as a “role model.”

AfD, polling at 21% ahead of Germany’s February 23 election, has gained mainstream recognition, with CDU leader Friedrich Merz breaking precedent by seeking AfD support in parliament.

Orban’s Patriots for Europe bloc seeks further far-right influence in Brussels.

  • @apfelwoiSchoppen
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    44 hours ago

    Both are the human equivalent of loud wet sharts.

    • @alleycat
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      2212 hours ago

      “Bärendienst”, as in “A well meaning action that has unintended negative consequences”?

      • Skua
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        1111 hours ago

        And literally meaning “bear service”, I think? That’s hilarious. The most formidable beast of the wilds of Europe, simply a bumbling little guy always making things worse when they try to help

        • lime!
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          910 hours ago

          it’s from an 1800 year old Indian fable about a bear who crushes his friend’s skull with a rock in an attempt to kill an annoying fly.

          many european languages seem to have the expression.

          • Skua
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            39 hours ago

            Oooh that’s cool, thank you for sharing

    • @x00z
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      79 hours ago

      Yeah, the whole of the EU knows Hungary is our corrupt little member.

      This might make some far right wingers realize that fascism is only good for the powerful and wealthy.

  • mel
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    810 hours ago

    What do the nazis thought of central Europeans? This would only be survival instinct to never ally with them

  • Flying Squid
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    712 hours ago

    I think it’s the past of Germany if anything…

    • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝
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      2 hours ago

      Málenkij Robot memorial, Budapest.

      The problem was not the liberation, but that the only thing they changed was which way the wagons with people were leaving the country never to be seen again.

    • @[email protected]
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      Quoting Zhukov in a thread relating to Hungarian dysfunction, really? Why not see what Pol Pot thought about ophthalmology?

      Edit: downvoters may want to educate themselves on what Zhukov was up to in 1956.

      • @NOT_RICK
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        They get to learn where the term Tankie comes from!

        Edit: also, I think Europe may be mad about the mass rapes, the red army sitting on their asses while the Nazis razed Warsaw, actively preventing East Germany and East Berlin from rebuilding while West Berlin and West Germany thrived, etc more so than the destroying fascism part. Just my two cents.