With Hungary’s Orbán Gone, Europe May Escalate in Ukraine, Triggering a War Without U.S. Backing
Hungary’s new prime minister, Péter Magyar, says he will not veto European escalation in Ukraine. The world just moved closer to war with Russia. Photo courtesy of the European Policy Centre. Viktor Orbán’s concession on Sunday following Hungary’s parliamentary election removes the most consistent single-state obstacle to EU consensus on Ukraine, and in doing so raises the probability of European escalation in a conflict