tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406430766424642773.post3493831159210389487..comments2023-09-28T12:28:57.598+03:00Comments on Grahnlaw: Principality of Liechtenstein views the European UnionRalf Grahn http://www.blogger.com/profile/02156293782163802007noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406430766424642773.post-69940188914426308572010-12-25T04:14:47.905+02:002010-12-25T04:14:47.905+02:00Gawain,
Following your remarks about Fidesz and ...Gawain, <br /><br />Following your remarks about Fidesz and the European People's Party, I have addressed specific messages to the EPP on Facebook and Twitter, but had not yet received any replies when I last looked.Ralf Grahn https://www.blogger.com/profile/02156293782163802007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406430766424642773.post-38094555788467492182010-12-23T12:35:01.388+02:002010-12-23T12:35:01.388+02:00Gawain,
The blog post was written from a Liechte...Gawain, <br /><br />The blog post was written from a Liechtensteinian viewpoint, so among players in the Principality the Embassy in Brussels is important, as you must realise if you pause to think about it instead of offering wise-cracks. <br /><br /><br />True, official Liechtenstein seems content to pay for access to the internal market without a vote in decision-making. I surmise you imply this would be the way to go for the United Kingdom. <br /><br />PM Orban may not be that discredited among Hungarian voters yet, since most of them have not woken up to how his party is undermining the European values Hungary has signed up to. <br /><br />We have seen it before, when prime ministers and presidents in the more recently established democracies have started playing the card of übernationalist rhetoric and ended up as embarrassments for their countrymen and with egg on their face. <br /><br />It usually works through delayed reaction. <br /><br />I have been wondering why the EU institutions seem to sleep-walk through the brutalities in Belarus and the media censorship in Hungary, but perhaps your comment about Fidesz' EPP membership is spot on. <br /><br />Actually, the EPP should oust Fidesz, in my humble view, and would be better off, because they need respect even more than a maximum of members. <br /><br />Fidesz could then come to a political group near you, perhaps less particular about credentials.Ralf Grahn https://www.blogger.com/profile/02156293782163802007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406430766424642773.post-65803799226160572362010-12-23T11:22:13.893+02:002010-12-23T11:22:13.893+02:00Couple of thoughts Ralph,
Nice to see someone fee...Couple of thoughts Ralph,<br /><br />Nice to see someone feeling happy with their EFTA EEA status with no desire to become enmeshed in the whole project.<br /><br />Love the idea that the Embassy of Lichenstein is "an important player". A touch of the Skibbereen Eagle's about that.<br /><br />But on Hungary, whilst I agree that the Media Law is awful, Orban isn't that discredited, amongst the people who really count, that is the people who elected him. After all he did get 53% of the vote this year. And people were aware of his plans for a media law.<br /><br />So discredited amongst people who don't get to vote on him maybe? Wonder what the EPP will do about him? Throw out the 14 Fidez MEPs?Gawain Towlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08583658895528269901noreply@blogger.com