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Will Hungary support the Romanian president for NATO chief?
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The Orbán cabinet has previously indicated its reluctance to back Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte for the top position within the military alliance. However, a new applicant has emerged in the form of Romanian ethnic German President Klaus Iohannis. It’s crucial to note that unanimous support is required for the appointment of the new NATO head.
According to 444.hu, Mark Rutte has previously applied for the top position of the military alliance but now faces competition from Romanian President Klaus Iohannis.
Iohannis has asserted that he would make an ideal NATO leader based on Romania’s 20-year NATO membership, the country’s performance and his own presidential track record.
Previously, Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s foreign minister, said that Budapest would not endorse Rutte’s aspirations due to his consistent criticism of Hungary. In contrast, the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany have thrown their weight behind the Dutch politician.
We can all see that Hungary has thoroughly demonstrated why the unanimity requirement for decisions in the EU and NATO needs to be eliminated and replaced with a super majority requirement. All it takes is one corrupted Kremlin appartchik like Orban to bring everyone to a chaotic halt and undermine the security of everyone.
hope not
Well. In this particular case, if the Netherlands start to play our Politician’s game of tit-for-tat instead of exhibiting a more constructive attitude, this could all take a while.
It is pretty perplexing that Hungary purports to structurally know what is best, being the sole outlier in both the twenty seven (27) Member European Union and the thirty two (32) Member NATO alliance. You would think that if there is any merit to a veto, and we believe our Politicians when they say they are fabulous diplomats (Mr. Szijjártó …) they would be able to at least convince one singular other country to support the Hungarian position?