Jun 30, 2024 · But after years of campaigns portraying the EU as forcing unwanted policies on Hungary — Orbán has repeatedly compared membership in the bloc to more than four decades of Soviet occupation of his country — he may find it difficult …

Oct 23, 2024 · BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán claimed in a speech on Wednesday that the European Union seeks to topple his government and install a puppet regime in the Central European country, an escalation of open hostility toward the bloc by the member considered to have the warmest ties with Russia.

Sep 16, 2022 · Hungarian civil liberties groups have welcomed a new EU report that says the country cannot be considered a full democracy. The EU parliament voted to approve the report on Thursday, which...

May 27, 2024 · Hungary under Orbán has been locked in a protracted struggle with the EU, which has accused him of flouting rule-of-law and democracy standards and failing to crack down on corruption that misuses EU funds.

Jun 28, 2024 · At midnight on Sunday, current president Belgium, which hosts the bloc’s principal institutions, will pass the baton to Hungary, the country that has acquired a reputation as the EU’s perennial...

Feb 13, 2024 · Who is Viktor Orban, Hungarian PM with 14-year grip on power? No serving leader in the European Union has led their country for as long as Viktor Orban. Since 2010, he has transformed Hungary...

Sep 24, 2020 · And yet, 16 years after the largest expansion in EU history, that’s what Hungary under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been doing, according to watchdogs, MEPs and EU officials.

Feb 1, 2024 · To his European and US allies, Orbán crossed a rubicon by blocking EU financial and military aid for Ukraine and by delaying ratification of first Finland and now Sweden’s entry into Nato. Such...

Apr 8, 2024 · Orbán has long railed against the EU, using it as a scapegoat to rile up populist support and casting his country’s relationship with Brussels as an us-versus-them battle to hammer home a right-wing ideology grounded in nationalism and traditional family values.

Mar 15, 2024 · Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday he was ready to march to Brussels and "occupy" the heart of the EU ahead of European Parliament elections, while opposition parties held...