Viktor Orban: He will try to block the extension of European sanctions against Russia

THE Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban expects that its leaders The European Union talks will begin in the autumn for the extension of sanctions against Russiabut Budapest will try to block them, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported, citing unnamed sources.

His intention was revealed by Viktor Orbán during a closed meeting of members of the ruling party in the village of Koce last week without the presence of journalists.

Orban said, according to RFE/RL’s sources, that the prospects of blocking the extension of sanctions against Russia for another six months were slim, but expressed hope that the new government to be formed in Italy could help to effort, referring to the electoral victory prospects of Giorgia Meloni, head of the post-fascist Brotherhood of Italy party, which maintains close ties to Orban.

The MEPs of her party voted yesterday in the European Parliament against the proposal that was approved with 433 votes for the existence of a clear risk of violating the values ​​of the European Union in Orban’s Hungary, which is no longer a real democracy but a “hybrid regime of parliamentary autocracy”.

In July, Viktor Orbán said the European Union had shot itself in the foot by imposing sanctions on Russia, which, if not lifted, risk destroying the European economy.

According to RFE/RL, Orbán said at the same party meeting that by 2030 the Visegrad Group may have become a net contributor to the European budget, which is likely to lead to a reconsideration of the pros and cons of joining the EU .

The European Commission is expected to propose on Sunday the withholding of millions of euros of European funds intended for Hungary due to widespread corruption in Orbán’s country.

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