Leaders to meet in Brussels later this week for summit intended to seal deal on long-term funding for Ukraine
European governments are losing their patience with Hungary ahead of this week’s summit.
A senior European official said that member states are hearing different things from Hungary’s negotiator, János Bóka, compared to what the country’s leader, Viktor Orbán, is communicating publicly and that there is a belief that the prime minister is seeking to keep his cards open ahead of talks in Brussels.
This time patience is really running thin on Hungary.
I hope so, even though as usual he will try to extract as many concessions as possible.
This time, however, I hope that there is little for him to gain – Member States are quite united against unreasonable four demands of Hungary – and at the same time there are messages being passed about possible consequences for Hungary’s continued obstructive behaviour.
Hard to say, I think all options are open.
Continue reading…Leaders to meet in Brussels later this week for summit intended to seal deal on long-term funding for UkraineEuropean governments are losing their patience with Hungary ahead of this week’s summit.A senior European official said that member states are hearing different things from Hungary’s negotiator, János Bóka, compared to what the country’s leader, Viktor Orbán, is communicating publicly and that there is a belief that the prime minister is seeking to keep his cards open ahead of talks in Brussels.This time patience is really running thin on Hungary.I hope so, even though as usual he will try to extract as many concessions as possible.This time, however, I hope that there is little for him to gain – Member States are quite united against unreasonable four demands of Hungary – and at the same time there are messages being passed about possible consequences for Hungary’s continued obstructive behaviour.Hard to say, I think all options are open. Continue reading…