Multiple European leaders slam Hungary’s Russia-sympathizing PM for talking to Moscow without a mandate.
Fresh off the back of his trip to Ukraine, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, according to several media reports.
The meet would take place on the fifth day of Hungary’s turn at the helm of the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU. […]
Following initial reports on Thursday of a possible Orbán-Putin meet in Moscow, the president of the European Council, Charles Michel, wrote on X: “The EU rotating presidency has no mandate to engage with Russia on behalf of the EU. “The European Council is clear: Russia is the aggressor, Ukraine is the victim. No discussions about Ukraine can take place without Ukraine.” Läs artikel