US EditionMerz Rebukes Hungary’s Orban as EU Seeks Unity on Defense Plans
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Merz Rebukes Hungary’s Orban as EU Seeks Unity on Defense Plans
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz lashed out at Viktor Orban during a meeting of European Union leaders in Copenhagen on Wednesday, accusing the Hungarian prime minister of derailing discussions on the bloc’s security needs.
Despite its withdrawal position within the alliance, Hungary could find unlikely allies to block Ukraine's accession. ...
Orbán to Dominate Agenda at Copenhagen EU Council Meeting - Hungarian Conservative
EU leaders will meet in Copenhagen on Wednesday for an informal European Council meeting, testing how far Brussels is willing to go to sideline Viktor Orbán. Council President António Costa is lobbying to bypass Hungary’s veto on Ukraine’s accession talks and on the use of frozen Russian assets—an approach Budapest says violates treaties and destroys institutional balance.
Before the EU summit in Copenhagen, the ideas on how Hungary's veto against the Ukrainian accession negotiations could be neutralised are increasing.
Hungary's Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, made it clear again on Wednesday that his country does not support Ukraine's accession to the EU, nor does it envisage progress in the accession process other than by unanimity, thereby rejecting a proposal to this effect from the President of the European Council, António Costa.
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