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Hungary may hold the EU presidency until the end of the year, but member state politicians plan to ignore meetings the country holds. This is in response to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's secret visit to Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as an unscheduled call for a ceasefire issued to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Vít Havelka, a research fellow at EUROPEUM Institute, commented on the boycott for Hospodářské noviny.
17. July 2024
Now it's simple, it's 26 against one. But if more soloists like Orbán come to power in the EU who don't care about consensus with others, Europe will be paralysed. It will not be able to make a joint decision.
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