[ad_1] The European Union will, if needed, find a way to bypass Viktor Orbán’s veto and approve the €50-billion special fund for Ukraine, Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday.…
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Can EU leaders continue to ask Orbán to exit the room to sidestep him?
[ad_1] Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is often the elephant in the room when European Union leaders meet in Brussels. ADVERTISEMENT But last week, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz prevented Orbán…
Erdogan arrives in Budapest to deepen Turkish-Hungarian relations
[ad_1] Up for discussion between the Turkish President and Viktor Orban is Sweden’s membership of NATO, which neither country has yet ratified. ADVERTISEMENT Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in…
Germany’s Scholz gets Órban to leave room for decision on Ukraine
[ad_1] As this month’s European Summit draws to a close, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz admitted that it was him who convinced his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Órban to leave the Council…
Brussels, my love? Spanish presidency slams political right as it ends
[ad_1] In this edition, we head to Strasbourg to rate Spain’s six-month presidency of the Council of the EU and break down the landmark deal reached on the rights of…
Hungary’s Orbán blocks €50bn EU financial support to Ukraine
[ad_1] European Union leaders failed to clinch a deal on a long-term financial package to Ukraine in talks that extended into the early hours on Friday, as Hungary’s Viktor Orbán…
Hungary passes controversial law ‘protecting national sovereignty’
[ad_1] Hungary’s right-wing populist government approved the law to defend against the alleged rise of undue political interference by foreign persons or groups. ADVERTISEMENT Independent media outlets and rights groups…
Hungary gets €10 billion in frozen EU funds amid Orbán’s threats
[ad_1] The European Commission allowed on Wednesday the release of €10 billion in cohesion funds for Hungary, almost a year after the money was frozen over the country’s failure to…
‘Scandalous and misleading’: Jourová blasts Hungary’s anti-EU campaign
[ad_1] Věra Jourová, the vice president of the European Commission in charge of values of transparency, publicly excoriated Hungary’s anti-EU campaign, calling it misleading and replete with “verifiable lies.” ADVERTISEMENT…