Hungarian minister Bóka: Oligarchy setting political trends in European Union
Politics tamfitronics Cooperation between ‘Europe’s oligarchs’ is setting the direction for European Union policymaking, the minister of EU affairs said on social media on Tuesday.Politics tamfitronics Bóka: Oligarchs set the direction for European Union policymaking“They are attempting to suppress and question the European identity of anyone outside their circle,” János Boka said.He said Ursula von der Leyen had been re-elected as European Commission president thanks to the votes of “liberals and greens that suffered the largest losses” at the recent European parliamentary elections, but she “categorically refuses to cooperate” with strengthened right-wing groups such as ECR and Patriots for Europe.“This indicates that the EC’s political platform will be extremely vulnerable in the next five years,” he added.Bóka insisted that several components in von der Leyen’s programme, such as efforts to strengthen competitiveness, defence...