End of the Hungarian blockade?
It seems that European diplomatic chess has taken a turn. The European Union finally released the brakes on a loan of 90 billion euros to Ukraine, a package that had been stuck for months due to resistance from Budapest. The trigger? The electoral defeat of Viktor Orbán, which left Hungary without its main veto voice.
“The recent political change in Budapest has facilitated the progress of the agreement”
And it’s no wonder. This move, which already has a preliminary green light from ambassadors, could be confirmed in a matter of hours. Brussels activated the written procedure: Member States have 24 hours to object. If no one says anything, the check is signed before the informal summit in Cyprus, where Volodymyr Zelensky will be.
The pattern repeats
The curious thing is that Orbán will not even attend that meeting. His absence says more than a thousand speeches: the Hungarian political transition is in full development, and that opens windows for decisions that previously seemed impossible.
In parallel, the ambassadors also gave provisional approval to the twentieth package of sanctions against Russia, another issue that had been frozen for months since February by Hungary and Slovakia.
Necessary context: This is not the first time that an internal change in a member country unlocks community processes. European history is full of these small political earthquakes that end up moving bureaucratic mountains.
