The reaction of European ministers and diplomats after Viktor Orbán’s defeat confirms that, without a state willing to use the veto, the European Union will move to concentrate ever more political power at the centre.
While close-to-the-opposition polls predict a Fidesz defeat, some EU countries are already drafting plans to prevent a sixth Orbán government from “derailing” decision-making processes.
Critics of the diehard pro-Kyiv stance highlight that the Hungarian PM is standing up for his own country’s interests, and should be backed by Brussels.
Four years into the war, we are facing a reality where the EU is attacking its own members, Slovakia and Hungary, while still caressing a non-EU member, Ukraine.
