{"id":11319,"date":"2026-04-13T17:24:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/11319\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T17:24:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:24:36","slug":"von-der-leyen-uses-orban-defeat-to-push-for-end-of-veto-in-eu-foreign-policy-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/11319\/","title":{"rendered":"Von der Leyen uses Orb\u00e1n defeat to push for end of veto in EU foreign policy \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Any change would be highly controversial, with even some typically pro-EU countries likely to balk at the prospect of losing control of foreign policy and facing the possibility of having to wave through decisions they oppose.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission would move quickly to engage with the incoming Hungarian government once it takes office, noting that incoming Prime Minister P\u00e9ter\u00a0Magyar had signaled a clear pro-European direction during the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can already see that [he] is very clear on the European path \u2026 committing the new government to continue working with us,\u201d she said, adding that progress on EU funds and reforms would be a priority because \u201cthe Hungarian people deserve it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Von der Leyen welcomed the outcome of Hungary\u2019s elections, calling it \u201ca day to celebrate\u201d and said the EU was stronger and more united as a result.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people of Hungary have spoken and they have reclaimed their European task,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is a victory for fundamental freedoms.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Orb\u00e1n, the EU\u2019s most autocratic leader \u2014 a close ally of U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/hungary-election-results-peter-magyar-viktor-orban\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lost by a decisive margin<\/a> in Sunday\u2019s vote, amid the highest turnout in Hungary\u2019s democratic history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is much work to be done. Hungary is coming back to the European part,\u201d von der Leyen said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Any change would be highly controversial, with even some typically pro-EU countries likely to balk at the prospect&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[18,381,496,347,5276,326,390,941,88,87,300,57,394],"class_list":["post-11319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brussels","tag-brussels","tag-donald-trump","tag-elections","tag-foreign-policy","tag-history","tag-hungary","tag-russia","tag-sanctions","tag-ukraine","tag-united-states","tag-ursula-von-der-leyen","tag-viktor-orban","tag-vladimir-putin"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116398565969370735","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}