Lower than a month into Hungary’s presidency of the Council of the European Union, and the controversy solely grows. In early July, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán (Fidesz, nationalist proper) flew to Moscow to satisfy Vladimir Putin as a part of a “peace mission” to discover a answer to the conflict in Ukraine. That is the primary time a European chief has met the top of the Kremlin for the reason that starting of the battle.
The Hungarian chief’s escapade – which additionally took him to Ukraine, China and the USA – precipitated an uproar inside the European establishments, not least as a result of Orbán positioned himself for each his hosts and the Hungarian public as a negotiator on behalf of Brussels, with out having a mandate to take action.
With some individuals already considering of boycotting the Hungarian presidency, Josep Borrell, the EU’s head of diplomacy, has introduced that the casual assembly of overseas ministers scheduled for the top of August has been moved. The assembly will now be held in Brussels as an alternative of Budapest, as had initially been deliberate by the rotating presidency.
Extra typically, Hungary’s presidency of the Council of the EU has been giving rise to severe issues, with some observers questioning the political agenda championed by a rustic recurrently at odds with the remainder of the bloc.
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