Hungary’s EU Presidency Defies Critics
During its six-month tenure the Orbán government enlarged the Schengen area and championed a pro-peace stance in the Ukraine war.
During its six-month tenure the Orbán government enlarged the Schengen area and championed a pro-peace stance in the Ukraine war.
The Commission thinks enlargement in the next five years is realistic. “All this is happening thanks to the Hungarian presidency,” the Albanian PM commented.
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“It appears the Commission under Ursula von der Leyen is the enemy within,” MEP Christine Anderson said after getting an evasive response to a formal inquiry.
Ursula von der Leyen and leftist MEPs attacked Hungarian policies instead of engaging with the constructive ideas from the EU council presidency holder.
Protecting the EU’s external borders and establishing hotspots outside the bloc for migrants applying for asylum is the only solution, the Hungarian PM said.
Most member states preferred Budapest, but the EU foreign affairs chief insisted on his childish ‘non-boycott’ which ultimately makes little difference.
“We do not accept any restrictions on our sovereign foreign policy,” FM Szijjártó said.
Planned ‘counter-meeting’ that would have prevented ministers from attending a foreign affairs summit in Budapest has now been canceled without explanation.
“This is unacceptable and goes against the very essence of European cooperation,” MEP Kinga Gál, First VP of the Patriots group commented.