Shona Murray: The EU cannot take a united stand on important issues in the face of Orban’s obstruction
A billboard in Budapest, Hungary, displaying an AI-generated image depicting European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky, and EPP president Manfred Weber with a text, reading: ‘We do not pay’, as part of a campaign promoting a so-called ‘National Petition’, seen as an attempt to legitimise the policy positions of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban.
It's long past the time for the EU to stand up to Hungary’s Viktor Orban. For more than the last decade, he has held Brussels hostage, blocking the passage of EU legislation for his own domestic purposes.
Despite Hungary’s history under Soviet rule, including the Soviet army's brutal crackdown on civilians, killing 2,500 people, Budapest has unashamedly sided with the Kremlin over its 12-year invasion of Ukraine.
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