EU Officials to Meet Hungary’s Next Leader as Orban Skips Summit
Hungary's Incoming Prime Minister Peter Magyar at a news conference following his election victory in Budapest on April 13.
Photographer: Akos Stiller/BloombergEuropean Union officials are heading to Budapest on Friday for talks with Hungary’s incoming leader, Peter Magyar, with no signs the outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orban will drop his veto over a €90 billion ($106 billion) EU loan to Ukraine.
The delegation from the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, will discuss the next government’s plans as it prepares to take office in early May. The talks have taken on an urgency, given “the clock is ticking” on a number of topics, including the Ukraine aid and more than $20 billion in frozen funds for Hungary, said commission spokesperson Paula Pinho.