With the next round of EU sanctions on Russia due for renewal in July, Brussels is cooking up a workaround to one persistent problem: Hungary. Specifically, Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, who’s been repeatedly threatening to walk unless he gets what he wants. Traditionally, renewing sanctions requires unanimous support from all 27 EU member states.
That’s been increasingly awkward, thanks to Orbán’s not-so-secret bromance with Vladimir Putin and his tendency to use sanction votes as leverage for unrelated goodies.…Oil Sanctions, Hungarian Headaches, and the EU’s Quiet Power Play
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