Bundestag calls on Hungary to resign as chair of EU Council

Either the Hungarian government respects its current role in the EU or it should resign as chair of the EU Council, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag Michael Roth said on X criticizing Hungarian PM Viktor Orban’s visit to Russia, Report informs.

“It is a scandal that Orban is shamefully abusing the EU Council Presidency and traveling to Kremlin without a mandate. He is undermining the core principles of EU foreign policy,” Roth said.