EU braces for autumn battles with Budapest

As EU foreign and defence ministers gather informally in Brussels instead of Budapest on Thursday (29 August), tensions with Hungary are expected to reach a boiling point.ย  With a flurry of self-declared peace missions on Ukraine before summer, Hunagry…

Commissioners to boycott attendance at Hungary meetings over Orbรกnโ€™s Ukraine diplomacy

The European Commission has asked its Commissioners not to attend informal ministerial meetings during the Hungarian EU presidency in protest at Prime Minister Viktor Orbรกnโ€™s diplomatic solo efforts over Ukraine, a spokesperson for the EU executive co…