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Orbán is widely derided by Western elites as an autocrat, and it is true that the state and most privately owned media are relentlessly supportive of him. But that’s never why Orbán was re-elected three times. He won because he did what every good democratic politician does: Provide peace and prosperity while respecting the nation’s values.

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Orbán’s visit comes only days after he made a similar unannounced trip to Ukraine, where he met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and proposed that Ukraine consider agreeing to an immediate cease-fire with Russia.

“The number of countries that can talk to both warring sides is diminishing,” Orbán said. “Hungary is slowly becoming the only country in Europe that can speak to everyone.”

Hungary assumed the rotating presidency of the EU at the beginning of July and, in comments at the beginning of their meeting that were televised, Putin suggested that Orbán had come to Moscow as a representative of the European Council. Several European officials — including the leaders of Germany, Denmark and Estonia — dismissed that suggestion and said Orbán had no mandate for anything beyond a discussion about bilateral relations.

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Hungary’s parliament voted Monday to ratify Sweden’s bid to join NATO, ending months of delays and diplomatic wrangling following the Scandinavian country’s security policy shift in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The vote was the last major hurdle to Sweden joining the military alliance. It passed 188 to six.

Historically neutral Sweden applied to join NATO at the same time as Finland, in May 2022. Finland became NATO’s 31st member in April. Sweden’s application was held up by objections from Turkey and Hungary.

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Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2024/02/26/hungary-parliament-approves-sweden-bid-join-nato/72742933007/

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The European Parliament is to vote on a non-binding resolution on Thursday urging European Union capitals to deem Hungary unfit to assume the EU presidency in the second half of 2024.

This will be a crucial period just after European elections that will determine the bloc’s next legislature and its next executive, the European Commission.

Hungary is viewed in Brussels as a black sheep in the EU — a backslider on democratic norms and one that obstructs some EU deliberations, including sanctions on Russia, to try to gain national advantage.

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Source: https://news.yahoo.com/eu-discomfort-hungary-chairing-bloc-123924274.html

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The gathering of the 27 national EU leaders was called after Austria and the Netherlands led a growing choir of complaints about increasing arrivals. The bloc’s border agency reported 330,000 irregular crossings last year, the highest since 2016.

EU states are bitterly split over sharing out the task of caring for refugees on their soil, and have for years focused on tightening their external borders to prevent people from arriving through unofficial – and often deadly – routes.

Countries including Poland, Hungary and Slovenia erected border fences to keep refugees and migrants away, though the EU executive European Commission, which manages the bloc’s shared budget, has so far refused to pay for such barriers, saying it would run against liberal democratic values and human rights.

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Source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/fences-protect-europe-hungary-s-orban-says-ahead-of-eu-migration-summit/ar-AA17djRS

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The number of refugees from Ukraine has surpassed 601,000 since the start of the war, according to Bankodi, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.

The Chief Security Advisor stressed that the Hungarian government had sent aid worth €7.9 million to Transcarpathia as well as western Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion of the latter.

“Hungary helps by sending charitable aid, by accepting refugees, providing health care, transport, accommodation, and jobs as well as by organizing their journey further… but our priority is the security of Hungarians and do not want Hungary to be dragged into this war,” he pointed out, as reported by About Hungary.

Bankodi emphasized that the southern border is under migration pressure, adding that about 500-600 migrants attempt to reach Hungary in an unlawful way every day.

The Chief Security Advisor said that migration has picked up on the key routes, probably due to the end of winter and the abolishment of COVID-19 measures, such as entry rules and travel bans introduced by governments to contain the virus’ further spread.

Authorities in Hungary have continuously expressed their support for refugees from Ukraine. Recently Hungarian authorities stressed that they could welcome over 900,000 Ukrainian refugees who are fleeing the war.

Back then, Bakondi stressed that the surge in the number of Ukrainian refugees meant that there was an increase in the need for organizations to work together in this regard.

“Hungary must continue supporting Transcarpathia Hungarians because their region has seen a big influx of people from eastern Ukraine who have lost everything,” he stressed.

Besides, aid centres on the Hungary-Ukraine border are also prepared to accommodate the increased number of refugees who are fleeing the war, the Chief Security Advisor stressed.

European countries have opened their doors to a large number of Ukrainians due to the war in Ukraine, especially its neighboring countries.

In addition, as part of efforts to help Ukrainians, the Commission of the European Union previously stressed that it would activate the Temporary Protection Directive, which attempts to allow refugees to stay for at least one year in one country, and also have access to the education and labour market.

Recently, the EU Agency for Asylum (EUAA) stressed that more than 1.8 million Ukrainians who fled the war registered for Temporary Protection in EU countries so far.

At the same time, the EUAA revealed that 28,800 Ukrainians filed an application for International Protection.

Source: https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/about-10000-refugees-from-ukraine-arrive-in-hungary-every-day/

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