According to Reuters on September 16, Free Europe Radio quoted anonymous sources as saying that Hungarian Prime Minister Orban Victor expects that EU leaders will hold consultations on the extension of sanctions against Russia in the fall, and Budapest will work to stop the action.
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report that Free Europe Radio said on its website that Orban was severely criticizing the EU's sanctions against Russia, and he said this at a closed-door party meeting held last week.
Free Europe Radio quoted anonymous sources as saying that Orban believed that the possibility of blocking sanctions for another six months was slim, but he said he hoped that the new Italian government would help the effort. The report believes that this seems to refer to Jorgiya Meloni, who is likely to become the next Italian Prime Minister after the election this month. Her Italian fraternity party is closely related to Orban.
Orban said in July that the EU imposed malconsiderable economic sanctions on Russia tantamount to shooting itself in the lungs, and it may destroy the European economy unless the sanctions are lifted.
Also, according to Associated Press Belgrade on September 16, in response to the European Parliament’s claim that Hungary is no longer considered a “complete democratic country”, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban opened fire on the 16th, and criticized the resolution as a “pure joke.”
"I found this interesting." Orban said during a meeting with Serbian president in Belgrade.
He said: "The only reason we don't laugh at it is because we're bored with it. It's a boring joke. This is the third or fourth time they have passed a resolution condemning Hungary in the European Parliament. At first, we also thought it was important. But now, we see it as a joke."
reports believe that the vote on this resolution is the latest showdown by EU institutions against the Orban government. European Commission is expected to announce on Sunday that it is preparing to suspend payments of some EU funds to Hungary due to suspected violations.
Orban also reiterated his criticism of EU sanctions against Russia. Orban said: "When I saw energy sanctions, what I saw was that we Europeans - some ‘energy dwarfs’ - imposed sanctions on an energy giant."
(original title: Hungary wants to block the EU from extending sanctions against Russia)
Source: Reference News Network
Process Editor: TF060
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