Hungary and the United States will agree on an economic cooperation package that could balance out the effect of possible U.S. tariffs
At the latest EU summit, European leaders reached an agreement on defense and strategic matters, with the majority of member states supporting military aid to Ukraine—despite opposition from Hungary.
His position has given the former Warsaw Pact nation — which has a population only slightly larger than New Jersey — an outsized role in European diplomacy.
European leaders are gathering in Brussels to discuss how to support Ukraine and fend more for themselves on defense.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said NATO membership for Ukraine is out of the question. In an interview with the Washington Examiner, Szijjártó was asked where Hungary stands on security guarantees for Ukraine and a possible NATO membership.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a staunch supporter of Trump and considered to be Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest ally in Europe, refused to endorse part of the summit statement in favor of Ukraine and claims that it is the European Union who isolated itself,