Hungary will respond in kind to EU’s cooperation break – Orban

The bloc has breached the law by using a majority vote on the issue of frozen Russian assets, the prime minister has said

Hungary no longer feels a “loyal” obligation to cooperate with the EU after Brussels deprived Budapest of its veto rights on the issue of frozen Russian assets, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said.

Last week, the EU temporarily immobilized roughly $230 billion in Russian central bank assets by invoking Article 122, an emergency treaty clause that allows approval by a qualified majority rather than unanimity despite objections from some member states, including Hungary and Slovakia. European Commission head Ursula von der…

Read the full article at RT.COM