BRUSSELS (AP) — Prime Minister Viktor Orban is again highlighting how dysfunctional the European Union's family of 27 nations can be, with the Hungarian leader defiantly going against the flow in reacting to Georgia’s contested election.
BRUSSELS — Prime Minister Viktor Orban is again highlighting how dysfunctional the European Union's family of 27 nations can be, with the Hungarian leader defiantly going against the flow in reacting to Georgia’s contested election.
Orban’s office said he was taking a surprise trip Monday to the Georgian capital to meet with his allies there. The EU statement that came a full day later called on Georgian authorities"to fulfil their duty to swiftly, transparently and independently investigate” alleged vote rigging. Orban’s antagonism reached a new milestone last week, when he told a crowd of supporters that the EU seeks to topple his government and “hang a Brussels puppet government around the country’s neck.” Days later, he accused the EU of having installed the center-right government in Poland to rid the country of its previous right-wing populist leadership. He gave no evidence to support either claim.
But the bloc’s leaders were livid and heavily criticized Orban for meeting with Putin without informing them, and underlined that Orban was not appearing on their behalf.
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