Hungary’s foreign ministry summoned the Swedish ambassador for consultations after a Swedish cabinet member compared the Hungarian government’s recent family assistance measures with those of Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
In a tweet, Annika Strandhall, the Swedish minister for social affairs, said that Hungary’s “alarming” policies were “reeking of the 1930's." She suggested Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who she said seeks to promote the birth of "more true Hungarian" babies, was a "right-wing populist trying to obscure the consequences of those policies to the independence women have fought for."
At a press conference, Hungarian Foreign Affairs Minister Péter Szijjártó said the Swedish ambassador had been told at the ministry that Strandhall’s comments were unacceptable and had used an "unacceptable tone."
In 2016, Strandhall also got into trouble after proclaiming on social media that all men should have their right to vote withdrawn following the election of Donald Trump.
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