I hope Pres X will make a better stab of it than his mate, the Hungarian bloke! Should be taking notes to make sure he doesn't end up with egg on his face.
from the Hungarian Pres (at his cosy meeting with Chris):
“President Christofias likes to say that small member states can make the EU really great. I like this sentence,” he went on to say.
Referring to the Cyprus problem, he said the Cypriot President “introduced me into the very difficult issue of occupation of this island and I made clear that we have a strong sympathy to Cyprus on that issue”.
“Hungary is a land of freedom, and freedom rights and we know what that means, and we feel your pain over the situation. I made it clear that we will do our best in order to help you reach a situation which is acceptable for the communities living here in Cyprus”, he said.
Five mins after that:
Several governments yesterday took the almost unprecedented step of rebuking a fellow EU member state in public.
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European values must not be sacrificed on the altar of dumb nationalism," said the German Green leader, Jurgen Trittin. "That applied to Haider, and it applies to Hungary now.
Yes, Hungary is a land of freedom rights lol!
The phrase 'pick your friends carefully' comes to mind.
