βMake Europe Great Againβ: Hungary sets scene for its EU presidency
Many of blocβs diplomats fear a six-month βfiascoβ with Viktor OrbΓ‘nβs government overseeing the agenda
For months, it was rumoured that Hungary planned to use a reworked version of Donald Trumpβs slogan for its upcoming EU presidency: Make Europe Great Again. That idea βsounded so lame and ridiculous that we refrained from reporting itβ, Szabolcs Panyi, one of Hungaryβs leading investigative journalists, wrote on X this month. βWe were wrong.β
On 1 July, under that Trumpian banner, Hungary will take on the six-month rotating presidency of the EU council of ministers. As well as a spell in the diplomatic limelight, Viktor OrbΓ‘nβs government will be setting the EU agenda for the rest of the year.
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