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by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher China’s Public Security Minister Wang Xiaohong met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán during a visit to Budapest on February 19 and offered support on public security issues and expressed his hope that such efforts would be “a new highlight of bilateral relations” in areas such as combating terrorism and transnational crimes. However, even before the statements were made by Xiaohong, the US Ambassador to Budapest had already expressed his alarm about the growing Chinese-Hungarian ties. The commitment would strengthen security and law enforcement capacity under the Belt and Road Initiative, the Chinese minister was quoted […] #Asia #Europe #Featured #Government Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/02/us-ambassador-frustrated-with-hungary-for-building-security-ties-with-china/?feed_id=9271

by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher The advisor to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán described the pressure several European leaders put on the country to accept Ukraine’s European financing plan. This provides an insight into the fanatical position adopted by Brussels that they would rather blackmail Orbán than support his pursuit for peace between Moscow and Kiev. “Several European Union heads of state directly threatened Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary, with the collapse of the Hungarian economy if he continued to block a €50 billion economic aid package for Ukraine,” said an advisor to the Hungarian leader in […] #Europe #Featured #Government #UkraineWar #WarZone Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/02/eu-really-wanted-to-blackmail-hungary-over-position-on-ukraine-says-orbans-advisor/?feed_id=8939

by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher The European Union is considering ceasing all funding to Hungary if Prime Minister Viktor Orbán does not agree to lift his veto on the bloc’s provision of military aid to Kiev at a summit scheduled to take place on February 1 in Brussels, according to the Financial Times newspaper. The threat comes after European Council President Charles Michel ended his plans to step down to cynically ensure that Orbán does not preside over European Union summits. In December 2023, Hungary vetoed the expansion of the EU budget for 2024-2027 to accommodate 50 billion euros in macro-financial aid to Ukraine. At the […] #Featured #UkraineWar #WarZone #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/01/eu-considers-sabotaging-hungarys-economy-to-provide-military-aid-to-kiev/?feed_id=8583

Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced after a tense session of the European Council Hungary has vetoed an EU plan to spend tens of billions of euros in assistance to Ukraine, Prime Minister Viktor Orbanannounced on Friday, after a tense overnight session of the European Council in Brussels. Previously, he reportedly walked out when other national leaders voted to launch formal talks on Kiev’s bid to join the bloc. The plan proposed by the European Commission would amend the joint EU budget. Brussels wanted to allocate €50 billion ($54 billion) for Ukraine in spending stretched over four years. Budapest opposed the […] #UkraineWar #WarZone #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/12/eu-opens-membership-talks-to-ukraine-but-hungary-vetoes-other-military-aids/?feed_id=7472

by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher At a time when European Union leaders have just met to address the crises in Eastern Europe and Gaza, Budapest and Bratislava threaten to break the bloc’s unity over military support for Ukraine, reported the Financial Times newspaper on October 27. The article comes as EU member states disagreed on a budget allocating €50 billion to Kiev and, according to a statement issued after the first day of the EU leaders’ summit, they will try and reach an agreement before the end of the year. Financial and military support from Brussels has been […] #Featured #Government #UkraineWar #WarZone #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/10/hungary-and-slovakia-threaten-to-break-eu-unity-on-ukraine-military-aid/?feed_id=5752

by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher At a time when European Union leaders have just met to address the crises in Eastern Europe and Gaza, Budapest and Bratislava threaten to break the bloc’s unity over military support for Ukraine, reported the Financial Times newspaper on October 27. The article comes as EU member states disagreed on a budget allocating €50 billion to Kiev and, according to a statement issued after the first day of the EU leaders’ summit, they will try and reach an agreement before the end of the year. Financial and military support from Brussels has been […] #Featured #Government #UkraineWar #WarZone #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/10/hungary-and-slovakia-threaten-to-break-eu-unity-on-ukraine-military-aid/?feed_id=5712

by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher The world beyond Europe does not share its position on the conflict in Ukraine and does not understand the double standards approach compared to conflicts in other parts of the world, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó highlighted in an interview with the Magyar Nemzet newspaper. His comments were made on the same day as the meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers in Kiev, which failed to unblock a €500-million package of military assistance for Ukraine because Hungary kept a firm veto on the aid, something it has maintained since May. “I […] #Featured #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/10/hungary-to-receive-e13-billion-if-orban-supports-new-military-aid-package-for-ukraine/?feed_id=4267

VT's Miles Cattermole delivers a scathing account of corruption, cooperation and destabilization of an elected leader #Featured #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/08/new-facts-emerge-showing-george-soros-working-with-us-government-against-hungarian-prime-minister-orban/?feed_id=2790

Viktor Orban gave an interview on relations with the EU and sanctions against Russia.