Hungary Sinks EU’s Joint Role in Biden’s Democracy Summit
- The U.S. is planning to hold the virtual meeting on Dec. 9-10
- Viktor Orban’s government is the only EU member not invited
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Hungary is blocking the European Union from formally participating in U.S. President Joe Biden’s Summit for Democracy later this month because Viktor Orban, the leader of the eastern member country, wasn’t invited.
Hungary raised the issue at a meeting of EU ambassadors on Wednesday, saying it wouldn’t back the bloc’s joint contribution to the summit because the U.S. hadn’t invited all EU nations to participate, according to officials familiar with the discussion.