Salvini sees Orban, focus on peace and criticism of EU 'suicide policies'

«È durato un’ora l’affettuoso incontro al Mit tra Matteo Salvini e Viktor Orbán. È stata l’occasione per fare il punto sulla situazione internazionale, con riferimento alle infrastrutture e agli equilibri geopolitici». Lo riferisce lo staff del vicepremier e leader della Lega, al termine del colloquio con il primo ministro dell’Ungheria. «Sono stati affrontati altri temi come la pace, la dura critica al green deal e alle politiche suicide dell’Unione europea - viene spiegato -. Massima sintonia sul contrasto all’immigrazione clandestina. Salvini e Orbán si sono soffermati davanti al plastico del Ponte sullo Stretto, collocato all’ingresso del Ministero: è un’opera che crea aspettative e curiosità anche a livello internazionale. Salvini lo ha invitato all’avvio dei cantieri». Orban è leader del partito nazionalista e conservatore Fidesz, che al Parlamento europeo, così come la Lega fa parte del gruppo “Patrioti per l’Europa”.

Salvini had met Orban in Brussels last 25 March, when the Prime Minister of Budapest presented him with the Hunyadi prize 'for his commitment to the defence of European values and against illegal immigration'. Orban then did not fail to send a message of his own at the Lega League congress last April, in Florence, when Salvini was confirmed by acclamation as federal secretary. 'You have been silenced with methods worse than the communist dictatorship, but dear Matteo, sacrifices must be made to protect citizens, here in Hungary we are grateful to you', were the words on video from Orban, who has always supported Salvini during the Open Arms trial, as happened for example at Pontida in 2024, in October, when the Hungarian went so far as to say of the Italian leader that 'he is a hero', the hero of European patriots 'for defending the borders'.

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban was received on Monday by the Pope at the Vatican and by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at Palazzo Chigi. The focus of the two talks was the crisis in Ukraine.

As explained in a note from Palazzo Chigi, 'the talks allowed to focus on the prospects of bilateral relations and to exchange views on the main current international issues, with particular reference to the situation in Ukraine, to developments in the Middle East and to the European agenda. Among the topics addressed were also initiatives for an effective and innovative management of migration flows'. Finally, the two leaders 'discussed the opportunities offered by the European Safe instrument (the EU financial instrument, similar to a loan fund, set up in May 2025 to finance joint investments in European defence, ed.), evaluating possible synergies between Italy and Hungary in support of their respective industrial and technological capabilities'.

"The European Union doesn't count for anything. Donald Trump is wrong about Putin, I will go to him to get him to lift the sanctions on Russia," Orban said in conversation with Repubblica and Messaggero on the sidelines of his visit to Rome. "We have contracted out to the Americans and the Russians the possibility of solving the war. Unfortunately, we don't have a role. Europe is totally out of the picture," Orban said, explaining that "I will soon be at Trump's to solve the problem of oil sanctions." On the meeting with Meloni, he explained that "the important point is the future of the European economy, because there is little left to do about the war."