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Hungary faces renewed pressure to drop its opposition to Kyiv’s accession bid.

Brussels officials are pushing to begin formal negotiations over Ukraine joining the European Union as early as next month, according to people familiar with the matter. 

Behind the scenes, diplomats from the EU and from Kyiv are working intensively to try to persuade the Hungarian government to give its approval to opening talks on Ukraine’s accession. 

Five diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the aim is to kickstart the formal negotiations as soon as June 25.

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[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

That's not the same thing at all. In spite of recent elections, all three of those countries are still generally free societies currently occupied by fascist politicians.

They're liberal (in the original sense of the word, not the neoliberal ideology that started in the late 70s/early 80s and is now the main form of capitalism) systems currently captured by illiberal people who may lose power and influence come the next election.

Not so for Orban's Hungary. The entire Hungarian government apparatus is fascist in both form and function. Orban literally CAN'T be replaced since his party controls the mechanisms for doing so, just like his buddy Putin and his party in Russia.

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