Orbán boycotts parliament session called to ratify Swedish Nato bid

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Orbán boycotts parliament session called to ratify Swedish Nato bid
theguardian.com

Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party has boycotted a session of parliament called by the opposition to ratify Sweden’s Nato membership, even as a group of western ambassadors arrived in the building to urge a vote.

For months, the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, repeatedly promised his counterparts within Nato that the country would not be last to sign off on Sweden’s membership.

But Orbán reneged on the pledge when Turkey ratified the Swedish bid last month, leaving Hungary alone holding up Stockholm’s accession.

The Hungarian leader then publicly promised Nato’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, that he would urge parliament to “conclude the ratification at the first possible opportunity” – only to also abandon that pledge by not showing up to a session initiated by the country’s opposition with the aim of voting on Sweden’s accession.

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Fu@k Orbán.

hey you know you can just type "fuck," nobody will get mad at you.

How could you type that?! The internet is such a family friendly place.

Now, back to work, no more swearing or fucking around.

Well, I would be, at least a little.

A tiny bit. Almost non existing.

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