Many of bloc’s diplomats fear a six-month ‘fiasco’ with Viktor Orbán’s government overseeing the agenda
Diplomats have spoken privately of attempted blackmail, as the government of Viktor Orbán seeks to unlock EU money denied to it.Diplomats have spoken privately of attempted blackmail, as the government of Viktor Orbán seeks to unlock EU money denied to it.planned to use a reworked version of Donald Trump’s slogan for its upcoming EU presidency: Make Europe Great Again.
The Hungarian government, a long-term spoiler of EU decisions, has become an even more difficult partner since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, blocking or dragging out decisions to aid the war effort for as long as possible.
Privately diplomats have spoken of attempted blackmail, as the Orbán government seeks to unlock EU money denied to Budapest. On the eve of the presidency, €19bn in various EU funds for Hungary remain frozen by the European Commission over alleged breaches of EU law on equal rights (thecounterpart, Péter Szijjártó, over Hungary’s obstruction.
They added: “They block for a certain time, but in the end they give in. They haven’t really destroyed anything yet.” “Orbán’s strategy is not to object to absolutely everything,” she added, predicting there would be “fireworks” over foreign affairs, rather than agriculture, fisheries or the single market.On Sunday – one day before Hungary’s rotating presidency was set to start – Orbán said he had joined with Austria’s far-right party and the main Czech opposition party to launch a new EU parliament alliance.
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