The US policy on Ukraine has led to tensions within the European Union, with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán facing pressure to support the EU's latest Ukraine support package. There are allegations of economic sabotage and neocolonial mentality within the EU establishment. The situation highlights a deep division within the European project, potentially threatening its unity.
Today, for subscribers, it's Thomas Fazi @battleforeurope on "How Brussels Bullied Hungary" https://t.co/aUxoAlhLM9 "The European Union has often resorted to...financial and monetary blackmail tactics in the past vis-à-vis euro countries."
It’s not the first time the EU resorts to these financial and monetary blackmail tactics, especially vis-à-vis euro countries. But the EU’s bullying of Hungary shows the bloc is tightening the screws even on non-euro countries. My latest for @compactmag_: https://t.co/h0nWxbUCe5
The threats of economic sabotage directed at Hungary to get Viktor Orbán to green-light the EU’s latest Ukraine support package are telling of the neocolonial mentality that dominates the EU establishment. My latest for @compactmag_: https://t.co/h0nWxbUCe5
The threats of economic sabotage directed at Hungary to get Orbán to green-light the EU’s latest Ukraine support package are telling of the neocolonial mentality that dominates the EU establishment. My latest for @compactmag_: https://t.co/h0nWxbUCe5
Orban delights in poking us in the eye. And we are letting him get away with it because we need his support on issues like Ukraine. There is something deeply rotten here: an unexpected flaw at the heart of the European project, something that in the end may yet destroy the… https://t.co/9N6RhZMjM8
Europe brought to its knees by US policy on Ukraine – top Hungarian official https://t.co/ccxJZlIqUY https://t.co/xrQflrbvJV