Trading vetoes for money – how Hungary holds EU foreign policy hostage

Hungary has repeatedly threatened to block EU aid for Ukraine during the Russia-Ukraine war. Patrick Müller and Peter Slominski explain that this approach is indicative of a “hostage-taking” bargaining strategy in which the threat of a veto is used to gain concessions in other policy areas. Populist radical right parties in power have gone to … Continued

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