Hungary Delays Sweden NATO Vote After Rule-of-Law Criticism

Sweden’s criticism of Hungary’s democratic decline is behind Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s delay in ratifying the Nordic country’s bid to join NATO, according to a senior Hungarian official.

“The Swedish prime minister asks what problem Hungarian parliament members have, so let’s help him understand,” Balazs Orban, the prime minister’s chief political adviser, who’s unrelated to the premier, wrote in social media posts late Thursday.