Hungary’s Orban strikes softer tone on sanctions, Ukraine

Bloomberg

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban appeared to strike a milder tone regarding Europe’s policy on Ukraine, all the while proceeding with a controversial nuclear project backed by Russia.
Hungary won’t keep standing in the way of European Union sanctions except on vital matters of energy policy, he told public radio in an interview. While Budapest will still oppose any sanctions on natural gas imports, it can’t constantly “go against the flow of traffic” in the bloc on non-energy issues, as that would be inappropriate in a union built on “cooperation, loyalty and mutual trust,” he said.