‘Time to Drain the Swamp’ – Orban Says ‘Everyone Knew’ EU was Corrupt Before Scandal

Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán says the massive corruption scandal in the European Union should be used as an opportunity to “drain the swamp” in Brussels.

An ongoing corruption scandal at the heart of the European Union has seen a Vice President of the European Parliament arrested, among others, and the offices of two human rights organisations shuttered, as Belgian law enforcement probe officials possibly being paid off as part of an influence operation by the sharia-governed State of Qatar, which is hosting the still-ongoing World Cup.

Evidence pictures shared with the Associated Press by Belgium’s Federal Judicial Police show literal briefcases filled with cash — “a portion of the 1.5 million euro dollars found and seized by Belgian police in Brussels,” according to the news agency.

“This EU summit has been marked by the arrest, on corruption charges, of the left-wing vice-president of the European Parliament. Everyone knew that Brussels was full of corruption, but now it’s reached the stage at which the police have had to take action,” commented Prime Minister Orbán, in the EU power centre himself for an end-of-the-year European Council meeting, in comments shared on Facebook, an official translation of which has been seen by Breitbart London.

“The corruption scandal has rocked the European institutions, with house searches ongoing, millions of euros seized by the police, and speculation about which other Brussels politicians could be involved,” the Hungarian leader continued.

“Many believe that the trail could lead to those at the highest levels,” he added.

Orbán said that his government was pushing for an “in-depth and wide-ranging investigation into the corruption scandal in Brussels”, echoing longtime ally Donald Trump by adding that it was “time to drain the swamp here in Brussels.”

A staunch eurosceptic — although not a supporter of a ‘Hungarian Brexit’, dubbed ‘Hungaleave’ by some — Orbán has more reason than most to take a certain satisfaction from the scandal, with the EU establishment consistently interfering with domestic policies such as a ‘Stop Soros’ law designed to make NGOs be more transparent about foreign funding and a move to ban the promotion of transgenderism in schools, and currently holding up Hungary’s full share of EU funding.

This is ostensibly a result of EU concerns over “the rule of law” in Hungary, although many believe it is in fact payback for Hungary’s reluctance to sign off escalations of the current sanctions war with Russia, which Orbán regards as economic self-harm, and refusal to implement EU migrant redistribution quotas — an issue which has also seen Poland get into hot water.

Indeed, taking the EU’s criticism of Hungary into account, Prime Minister Orbán’s initial reaction to the corruption arrests in Brussels was a provocative tweet reading “Good morning to the European Parliament!” accompanied by an old school meme of a roomful of men laughing uproariously, with the caption: “And then they said the [European Parliament] is seriously concerned about corruption in Hungary”

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/12/17/time-to-drain-the-swamp-orban-says-everyone-knew-eu-was-corrupt-before-scandal/

Swedish Populists Compared to Putin for Opposing Drag Queen Story Time

Swedish populists have been compared to Russian president Vladimir Putin after attempting to halt a drag queen story time show for children in the town of Trelleborg.

Members of the populist Sweden Democrats (SD) were compared to President Putin by Green Party spokeswoman Märta Stenevi after they attempted — unsuccessfully — to have a drag queen show for children cancelled at a library in Trelleborg.

“The rhetoric we hear could have come directly from Vladimir Putin’s mouth,” Stenevi alleged.

“It’s… not unexpected. This is exactly what we see in authoritarian regimes and leaders when you start to suspect and attack LGBTQI people,” she added, according to a report by public broadcaster SVT.

Sweden Democrats party secretary Mattias Bäckström Johansson defended the SD’s attempt to have the drag queen show cancelled, saying: “These are grown men dressed up as women, who have names like ‘Miss Shameless’ and ‘Winewhore’, who are supposed to talk about norms with sexual elements for children who are two to seven years old. I think it goes without saying that you should see the inappropriateness of it.”

The dispute follows the Russian government recently expanding existing laws against the promotion of LGBT “propaganda” in books, television, films, and social media.

Despite the SD’s efforts to have the drag queen story time cancelled, the cultural committee in Trelleborg voted earlier this week to have the performance go ahead.

“It is especially important that we in politics keep an arm’s length distance from culture. We set goals and then it is the officials who plan the business,” Centre Party politician Ola Olsson said in the wake of the decision, as if public libraries promoting drag events to children was no business of taxpayers’ elected representatives.

The two drag queens set to perform, ‘Lady Busty’ and ‘Miss Shameless’, have been the subject of controversy in the past in Sweden.

The pair have been performing for children in libraries for several years and have been active in the multicultural city of Malmo, where they have been performing since at least 2018.

Last month, a library employee in Malmo was subjected to alleged death threats linked to drag queen story ime performances following an appearance by Lady Busty and Miss Shameless in October.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/12/17/swedish-populists-compared-putin-opposing-drag-queen-story-time/

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