This is a Hungarian-government-backed anti-EU, anti-Ukraine poster, from the streets of Budapest. Hungary under Orbán has been running a continuous campaign saying:
- “Brussels” wants to force Hungary into war
- The EU supports sending more weapons
- The EU / NATO will require conscription
- Supporting the regime in Kiev will raise taxes
Keep in mind also that the Hungarian opposition is “pro-war".
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Interesting poster. It’s classic political messaging, but you can see why it works: it taps into what ordinary people actually feel.
Nobody wants war, nobody wants conscription, nobody wants higher taxes, and most people don’t buy the idea that Ukraine is some innocent victim without a long history of provoking Russia and its Russian people behind it... backed btw by Western elites with taxpayers' money.
Orbán’s government understands that mood better than Brussels does, it's just common sense in fact. Whether you agree with him or not, he’s representing the interests of his people - and probably European peoples in general - as opposed to the interests of European elites.
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