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It seems that Hungary intentionally insulted French President Emmanuel Macron. Here is the story.
In a confidential note dated June 18 addressed to Macron's office, the French ambbadador to Budapest, Eric Fournier, said that Hungary was a "model" for dealing with migrants and accusations of populism against the Prime Minister. Orbán were media fabrications. Fournier wrote that the French media, accusing Hungary of anti-Semitism, sought to divert attention from the "true anti-Semitism" of "Muslims in France and Germany".
Fournier received the award from Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó.
It seems that Fournier is a great supporter of the Hungarian Prime Minister. I am surprised that he does not consider the pro-Hitler Horthy-admirer Orbán as a "true anti-Semite." The US Holocaust Museum would not agree with him. (Read here.)
Ambbadador Fournier (left) and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
The ambbadador's note went public when it was published by the website D & D Mediapart investigation. President Macron immediately called Fournier back and appointed Mr Pascale Andreani to the Budapest post. Macron said that he did not share Fournier's point of view and that his note did not represent French official policy.
One might think that it was the end of history. Not at all.
Instead, the Hungarian government organized an event where the outgoing ambbadador received the highest Hungarian award, the Order of Merit, Commander Cross. 39-year-old Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó delivered the following speech: "In the midst of the European conflicts of today, we need friends, and Eric Fournier is such a friend from Hungary …. A good diplomat can be recognized by the fact that he constantly represents the position of his homeland, while preserving his common sense, Éric Fournier fully complies with this expectation. "
En In other words, the Hungarians rewarded the French diplomat who had been recalled for not having represented the official policies of his country To my great surprise, Fournier, 58, a professional diplomat (!), accepted the award. [19659002] The award ceremony was choreographed to insult Macron, his aim was to discredit and humiliate the French president, and I wonder how the Franco-Hungarian relations will develop after this incident, what do you think? 19659011] György Lázár [196] 59012] Author: György Lázár
György Lázár arrived in the United States in 1980 with a UNESCO fellowship to complete his doctorate. at the University of North Carolina. He then moved to California where he was fascinated by the business spirit of Silicon Valley and spent the next 25 years in high tech consulting focused on the financial aspects of technology. In the last two years he has become a contributor to several publications in Hungarian and English. He and his wife love to spend time in Hungary, they try to go to Europe as often as they can.
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