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In Hungary, a member of the EU since 2004, right-wing populist politicians have drawn comparisons between the EU and the former Soviet Union (USSR), seen as a past oppressor in the country. Furthermore, democratic backsliding is a phenomenon present in Hungary. As a result, it has been suggested that Hungary should leave the EU. [6]
After the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was suppressed by Soviet forces, Hungary remained a communist country. As the Soviet Union weakened at the end of the 1980s, the Eastern Bloc disintegrated. The events in Hungary were part of the Revolutions of 1989, known in Hungarian as the Rendszerváltás (lit. ' system change ' or ' change of regime ').
In March 2023, Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán's party, Fidesz, announced that they support Finland and Sweden's applications for NATO membership. [4] In March 2023, Hungary approved Finland's membership process but did not approve Sweden's membership process. [5] In June 2023, Hungary announced that it was postponing Sweden's membership ...
Hungary does not want NATO to become an "anti-China" bloc, and will not support it doing so, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Thursday. In comments on the sidelines of a NATO summit in ...
NATO's top civilian official said he and Orbán had “agreed modalities for Hungary’s non-participation in NATO’s support for Ukraine,” but did not elaborate on how that would work.
Hungary is the only one of NATO's 31 existing members not to have ratified Sweden’s bid. The Hungarian government faces mounting pressure to act after delaying the move for more than 18 months ...
Stoltenberg accepted Orbán's points that Hungary, as a NATO member, does not wish to participate in war operations in any form. [141] In June 2024, bypassing Hungary, the European Union decided to accept a financial package intended for Ukraine based on Russian frozen assets. Josep Borrell, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, said ...
This is a list of conflicts in Europe ordered chronologically, including wars between European states, civil wars within European states, wars between a European state and a non-European state that took place within Europe, militarized interstate disputes, and global conflicts in which Europe was a theatre of war.