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Europe Tackles Its Orban Problem After Trump Rips Up Ukraine Aid
The EU is getting ready to circumvent Hungary as it tries to come up with the money to maintain support for Kyiv and invest in defense.
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A European Union summit wouldn’t be a European Union summit without a clash with its black sheep, Viktor Orban. From the bloc’s budget to aid for Ukraine and sanctions against Russia, Hungary’s prime minister has taken things down to the wire only to compromise at the 11th hour.
With the continent scrambling to respond to US President Donald Trump’s abrupt U-turn in American foreign policy, the stakes have never been higher and the time never shorter as the EU heads into another likely showdown on Thursday.