[Salon] The Hungarian parliament does not want to deal with Sweden's admission to NATO until autumn



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June 3, 2023

The Hungarian parliament does not want to deal with Sweden's admission to NATO until autumn

This is from the published agenda for the period from 3rd to 7th. July out

The Hungarian parliament does not plan to deal with Sweden's admission to NATO next week, the last working week before the summer break. This is from the agenda for the period from the 3rd to the 7th. July, which was published on the Parliament's website on Sunday.

According to this, the Hungarian parliament could postpone the ratification of the Swedish NATO accession agreement until the autumn, and the question will not be raised before the North Atlantic Alliance summit on the 11th and 12th. July in Vilnius.

Theoretically, the parliamentary leadership, which abstains from comment, could put the topic on the agenda next week. The meetings are for the 3rd, 4th and 7th. Scheduled for July. MEPs want to deal primarily with the draft budget for 2024.

On the 29th In June, the deputy Agnes Vadai of the opposition party Democratic Coalition reported that the faction of the governing party FIDES-Hungarian Civil Union had decided not to deal with the issue of Sweden's admission to NATO in the last days of the spring meeting. According to her, the topic was postponed to a later date - possibly to the autumn.

The Hungarian parliament has repeatedly postponed the ratification of the agreement on Sweden's accession to the North Atlantic Alliance despite pressure from abroad. Prime Minister Viktor Orban has stated that he is not prepared to deal with the issue because there are serious differences of opinion between Budapest and Stockholm. In his opinion, these should be resolved before Sweden's accession to NATO in order not to create conflicts there. The government and MEPs have expressed their dissatisfaction with the fact that Swedish politicians have accused Hungary of deviating from democracy and demanded that the EU funds owed to the country be blocked.

On the 27th In March, the Hungarian parliament approved the ratification of the Finnish NATO accession agreement, but postponed the consideration of Sweden. The Hungarian government had previously stated that it supported the admission of Sweden to the alliance, but the concerns of the deputies had to be allayed. Finland and Sweden submitted their applications on the 18th. May 2022 and stated that they were prompted to take this step by the developments in Ukraine. Of all NATO countries, Sweden's accession documents have not been ratified by Turkey, which calls for stricter action by Stockholm against Kurdish extremists who have settled in the country.

Translation from the Russian news agency TASS





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