Hungarian strongman leader Viktor Orban is said to be a fan of Charles De Gaulle. But unlike the Frenchman’s 1960s European boycott that paralyzed policymaking, Orban’s stage-managed exit from this week’s EU leaders’ summit was a boost rather than a crisis for unity with Ukraine. The risk, though, is of bigger fights to come.

The EU leaders’ agreement — minus Orban — to open membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova is a historic, if symbolic, signal and a message to Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump that there’s still momentum behind Kyiv even as US aid hangs in the balance. The alternative would have been a sorry indictment of the bloc’s wider geopolitical ambitions and of Orban’s ability to derail them.

QOSHE - Orban Hasn’t Totally Derailed the EU, But Danger's Not Over - Lionel Laurent
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Orban Hasn’t Totally Derailed the EU, But Danger's Not Over

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15.12.2023

Hungarian strongman leader Viktor Orban is said to be a fan of Charles De Gaulle. But unlike the Frenchman’s 1960s European boycott that paralyzed policymaking, Orban’s........

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