Orbán’s ‘peace mission’: How Borre • Table.Briefings

Viktor Orbán’s unilateral actions have been met with criticism and a lack of understanding. The Hungarian Prime Minister’s travels are „completely unacceptable,“ says EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell.

The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs decides to convene „informal meetings of EU foreign ministers in Brussels“ to send a signal against the behavior of the Hungarian EU Presidency. But there should not be a boycott.

The EU foreign ministers have long been struggling over the right way to deal with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his unilateral actions and blockades in Ukraine policy. Now the dispute has escalated: At the last meeting before the summer break in Brussels, the European chief diplomats were unable to agree on a joint response to Orbán’s sharply criticized „peace mission.“

Orbán’s ‘peace mission’: How Borrell reacts

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