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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Orbán’s stance on Ukraine pushes Hungary to brink in EU relations

Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán has clashed with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy over sanctions against Russia
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán has clashed with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy over sanctions against Russia. Photograph: Ukrainian Presidential Press Ser/Reuters

The posters are going up all over Hungary. “Let’s not allow them to decide for us,” runs the slogan alongside three classic villains of Hungarian government propaganda.

They are: Ukraine’s wartime leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy; the European Commission’s president, Ursula von der Leyen; and Manfred Weber, the German politician who leads the centre-right European People’s party in the European parliament, which counts Hungary’s most potent opposition politician among its ranks.

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