Hungary will lose its veto right in the EU?
Olha Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, claimed that 26 EU member states would have deprived Hungary of its veto right if PM Orbán had blocked the country’s EU accession this week.
According to the English version of Ukrainian Pravda, Ms Stefanishyna said that there was an official procedure which Brussels has never exercised yet. But it would result in taking away a country’s veto right in the EU. She added that Orbán was satisfied after the summit since the EU unblocked EUR 10 billion.
We wrote about what happened in detail HERE.
Hungary’s foreign minister called Polish counterpart but evaded to talk about hot topics
Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó on Friday congratulated Radoslaw Sikorski on his appointment as Poland’s new foreign minister.
Following a phone call with Sikorski, Szijjártó said on Facebook that they “see eye to eye on more things than we would have thought”.
“I wished him much success since the success of brotherly Poland is in the interest of Hungary,” Szijjártó said.
Both parties consider the Visegrád Group as instrumental in promoting shared national interests, Szijjártó said, adding that they were also in agreement concerning the importance of border control.
“We also agreed that the rights of national minorities should be respected as a European value to be maintained in all circumstances,” Szijjártó said.
According to the Facebook post, Sikorski accepted an invitation for an official visit to Hungary.
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