HUNGARY could reassess its membership of the European Union by the end of the decade, the country’s finance minister has warned.
In Israel, even children know the name of Hannah Szenes, but in her birthplace of Hungary she has largely been forgotten.
Munich’s football stadium was not, in the end, illuminated in rainbow colours for a Germany vs Hungary Euro 2020 match last week in response to an egregious anti-LGBT+ law passed by Hungary’s parliament; Uefa vetoed the idea as “political”. The EU, to its credit, had no such hesitations. Prime Minister Viktor Orban faced an unusual and often personal display of outrage at a leaders’ summit; European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen spoke of “shame”. After years of clashes with the EU over his erosion of democratic norms, Orban may finally have stepped over the line.
brussels — European Union leaders on Wednesday issued a sharp challenge to a new law in Hungary that critics say targets gays, lesbians and transgender people, threatening to sue Budapest over violations of fundamental human rights if it does not back down immediately.
A partnership put together by Hungary to mutually recognise vaccine certificates has expanded to 12 countries. Cyprus is the latest to join the group to allow free travel.
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