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[Global Times Special Correspondent Cheng Zhong] After Hungary assumed the rotating presidency of the European Union, Prime Minister Orban continued to criticize the EU's foreign policy. According to the Associated Press, Orban warned on the 27th local time that the EU is gradually being forgotten, and a new "world order" dominated by Asia is taking shape.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban

In his speech, Orban said, "Europe has given up defending its own interests. What Europe is doing today is to unconditionally follow the foreign policy of the US Democratic Party...even at the cost of self-destruction." Orban criticized that sanctions against Russia actually harmed Europe's fundamental interests, caused energy prices to soar, and made the European economy uncompetitive.

According to the Hungarian Daily News on the 27th, Orban believes that the instability caused by the division of Western countries is the primary problem they are facing. Faced with this problem, the Western media avoided talking about it and instead over-exaggerated the threat from Russia.

Regarding the current international situation, Orban said in his speech, "Changes that have never been seen in 500 years are coming. What we are facing is actually a change in the world order." Orban said that in the next few decades, this change will start from Asia, and Asia will become the dominant center of the world. "Asia now has population advantages, technological advantages and capital advantages, and Western countries have pushed Russia to that side." He also mentioned that Asia has the best universities, research institutions and the largest stock exchanges.

According to the Associated Press, Orban, who has always advocated closer ties with Russia and China, has recently visited Kiev, Moscow, Beijing and other places on a "peace mission" to help end the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Orban said on the 27th that in addition to promoting peace, the "peace mission" plan is also pushing Europe to "pursue its own policies."