Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said the new increases of US tariffs against the European Union also prove the incompetence of the leadership in Brussels, and it would be time for a patriotic turnaround.
In a post on social media on Saturday, United States President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that the European Union will face a 30 percent tariff on imports to the US from August 1. Hungary’s foreign ministry in a statement quoted Minister Szijjártó that the measure taken by the United States is further evidence of the total incompetence of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the EC.
“This incompetence has already caused a lot of damage and trouble for Europe in recent years, and now here is another failure: Ursula von der Leyen and the European Commission were unable to negotiate a favourable tariff agreement with the US administration, and once again the European economy, European companies and European people are suffering,” Minister Szijjártó said.
“We called it in time, we told what should have been done: EU tariffs on the United States should have been reduced immediately after Donald Trump took office. Ursula von der Leyen and the Commission did not do this, and we, Europeans, once again suffer for it,” he said.
“It’s time for change in Brussels: patriots should finally replace the likes of von der Leyen,” the minister said.
