Amid Russia-Ukraine war, Hungary rivals Africa for Chinese ties
Mar,16th 2022
The European Union has often stood together on matters of the economy, democracy and security. And Hungary, a member of the European bloc since 2004, has often endorsed most of those stances.
But take the case of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Budapest is using the war to warn the EU of an imminent change in world power, for Russians and the Chinese.
When the EU imposed sanctions on Russia recently, Hungary said it would support them but warned there has to be sobriety about it.
Péter Szijjártó, the Hungarian foreign minister, said this week that while Hungary considers it a priority to maintain European unity, hasty decisions that could hurt his country’s interests on Russia will be rejected.
“There cannot be European unity if sanctions endanger smooth energy supplies,” he said in a bulletin.
Hungary has had to “make its red lines clear that sanctions should not jeopardise energy supply”. The European Commission is due to discuss the latest proposal for sanctions on Russia.
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