Leader of Hungarian opposition party Tisza (Respect and Freedom), Peter Magyar, a former government insider-turned-critic, addresses the party meeting at a sports and cultural center in Budapest, Hungary on July 6, 2024. The lettering on…
Leader of Hungarian opposition party Tisza (Respect and Freedom), Peter Magyar, a former government insider-turned-critic, addresses the party meeting at a sports and cultural center in Budapest, Hungary on July 6, 2024. The lettering on the podium reads ‘Regime change’. He has called for Balázs Orbán’s resignation by Oct. 23, the anniversary of the 1956 anti-Soviet revolution.
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Balázs Orbán has long been an influential figure in Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s administration, playing a key role in shaping Hungary’s foreign policy.
The Hungarian government has taken a decidedly different approach toward the Ukraine war compared to most European Union and NATO allies.
While it has condemned the war, it has also advocated for an immediate ceasefire, pushing for peace talks without clearly stating whether that would respect Ukraine’s territorial integrity.
Hungary has also opposed multiple EU sanctions against Russia.
Critics argue that Hungary’s stance effectively serves Russian interests, undermining European unity on the conflict by delaying financial and military support packages for Ukraine.
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (right) meets with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban (left) at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 5, 2024. This was…
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (right) meets with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban (left) at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 5, 2024. This was the pair’s second meeting since Russia’s war with Ukraine broke out. The Hungarian Prime Minister’s adviser Balázs Orbán’s comments come amid growing accusations that Hungary is undermining EU unity and advancing Russian interests.
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Opposition leaders like Magyar argue that such comments are not only dangerous, but also deeply out of step, given Hungary’s obligations as a member of NATO.
Orbán’s government has consistently maintained that peace talks are the only viable solution to the conflict, without offering details on how they envision the security of Europe or Ukraine’s future.
Hungary’s official position has caused friction within the EU, especially after Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s two meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the past year.
Orbán and Putin first met in October 2023 at Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative forum.
This event made Orbán the first EU leader to engage in a formal, photographed handshake with Putin since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
“Hungary has never sought to confront Russia. Rather, the opposite is true: Hungary has always pursued the goal of building and expanding the best communication,” Orbán told him.
This article includes reporting from The Associated Press
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