Chip Butty
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Less than seven weeks before an election, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is going all in with an anti-Ukraine campaign, derailing the European Union’s latest packages to aid Kyiv and punish Moscow. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/26/world/politics/orban-anti-ukraine-eu/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #eu #hungary #viktororban #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy
The European Commission will submit a legal proposal to permanently ban Russian oil imports three days after Hungary's parliamentary election on April 12, according to EU officials and a document. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/25/world/politics/eu-russian-oil-hungary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #hungary #oil #russia #eu
Bjørnar (he/him)
and 3 others
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Bypassing Hungary to fund Ukraine proves one thing: the veto is a security threat. We cannot build European autonomy with Trojan horses inside our walls. It’s time to create legal mechanisms to expel states acting as foreign agents. Enough is enough.
Boost if you agree: Remove internal saboteurs.
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-vows-ukraine-e90b-loan-bypass-hungary-block/
#EU #Hungary #Ukraine #Geopolitics #Security #EuropeanUnion #Europe #EUpol
Bypassing Hungary to fund Ukraine proves one thing: the veto is a security threat. We cannot build European autonomy with Trojan horses inside our walls. It’s time to create legal mechanisms to expel states acting as foreign agents. Enough is enough.
Boost if you agree: Remove internal saboteurs.
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-vows-ukraine-e90b-loan-bypass-hungary-block/
#EU #Hungary #Ukraine #Geopolitics #Security #EuropeanUnion #Europe #EUpol
Hungary maintained its EU veto on sanctions for Moscow and a loan for Kyiv, in a blow to Europe's pro-Ukrainian consensus on the eve of the war's fourth anniversary. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/24/world/politics/hungary-sanctions-ukraine-war-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #viktororban #hungary #eu #oil #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #slovakia
#Hungary blocks #EU sanctions AND $106 billion loan for #Ukraine, risking a domino collapse
🖊️ Peeter Helme
Budapest broke its December pledge. Now, an $8.2 billion IMF program could be lost with the loan, and Ukraine’s budget runs dry by April.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/23/hungary-blocks-eu-loan-sanctions-ukraine-imf-domino/
Hungary's far-right leader Viktor Orban fears losing the next election, so he's dialing up fears around the war in Ukraine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/23/world/politics/hungary-orban-election-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #hungary #viktororban #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy
As long as #Europe allows fuel from #Russia 🇷🇺 to be used within the #EuropeanUnion 🇪🇺, #Putin’s war against #Ukraine 🇺🇦 will be unnecessarily prolonged.
Also #Slovakia 🇸🇰 & #Hungary 🇭🇺 threatening to veto #EU 🇪🇺 funding for Ukraine 🇺🇦 over Russian fuel is alarming.
If #NATO nations are squabbling over fuel from Putin while fighting Russia 🇷🇺, how united would we be if Russia 🇷🇺 expanded the war into wider Europe‽ https://flipboard.com/@politicoeurope/politico-europe-brcuar8rz/-/a-UIEr2sDFTJa4ANtSLylw4g%3Aa%3A2843202212-%2F0
Alex Akselrod
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President Donald Trump is committed to the success of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban because his leadership is crucial for US national interests, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday, offering a strong US endorsement for the long-time nationalist leader who is facing an election in April.
#Trump #Orban #USA #Hungary #Ukraine #EU #Europe
Nicolas Fressengeas
and 2 others
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A big win for online transparency and platform accountability!
The Berlin Court of Appeals has ruled that X must give Democracy Reporting International access to the research data we need to study information manipulation during Hungary's April elections.
Via DRI on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/democracyreporting.bsky.social/post/3mf36smv6ns2g
A big win for online transparency and platform accountability!
The Berlin Court of Appeals has ruled that X must give Democracy Reporting International access to the research data we need to study information manipulation during Hungary's April elections.
Via DRI on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/democracyreporting.bsky.social/post/3mf36smv6ns2g
#Hungary: The prosecution of activist Géza Buzás-Hábel for organising the 2025 Pécs Pride marks a new step in the restriction of assembly. Charges should be dropped. The crackdowns on the right to gather peacefully and express dissent should be reversed.👇
https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/-/hungary-crackdowns-on-peaceful-assembly-must-be-reversed
I like Secretaries of State who do not shake hands with the Hungarian criminal.
Rubio scheduled two national visits in Europe while going to the security conference in Munich this week.
He could have picked any countries. He chose Slovakia and Hungary, which are number 38 and 68 on The World Press Freedom Index.
