In December 2025 the [[European Union]] voted to illegally seize [[Russian]] [[asset]]s held in [[Belgian]] banks. Orban declared publicly,
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{{Cquote|With today’s decision, the [[rule of law]] in the [[European Union]] comes to an end, and [[Europe]]’s leaders are placing themselves above the rules. Instead of safeguarding compliance with the [[EU]] [[treaties]], the [[European Commission]] is systematically raping [[European]] [[law]]. It is doing this in order to continue the [[war in Ukraine]], a [[war]] that clearly isn’t winnable. All this is happening in broad daylight, less than a week before the meeting of the [[European Council]], the Union’s most important decision-making body, bringing together [[heads of state]] and [[Head of government|government]]. With this, the rule of law in the European Union is being replaced by the rule of [[bureaucrat]]s. In other words, a [[Eurocrat|Brussel]]ian [[dictatorship]] has taken hold.}}