Are Hungary and the EU friends again? The Ring in Budapest
The Ring visits Budapest to ask whether Prime Minister Péter Magyar has reset Hungary’s ties with the EU. After April’s landslide, Brussels agreed to release €16.4bn in blocked funds, but several issues remain unresolved.
The Ring, Euronews' weekly debate show, recently visited Budapest to assess the state of Hungary's relationship with the European Union. Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar, who secured a significant victory in the April parliamentary elections, has been warmly embraced by Brussels. In May, Magyar and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen reached an agreement, releasing €16.4 billion in funds that had been blocked due to longstanding concerns over rule-of-law and corruption issues.
Hungary has also lifted its veto on the opening of EU accession negotiation clusters for Ukraine. However, certain issues still linger, including migration and the rights of sexual minorities. The Budapest edition of The Ring featured Tibor Navracsics, a former minister in Viktor Orbán's government and a former EU commissioner, alongside István Szent-Iványi, a foreign policy expert and former ambassador, who discussed whether Magyar had fulfilled his pledge to reposition Hungary within the EU.
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