{"id":17842,"date":"2024-02-01T06:10:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T11:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/eu-leaders-frustration-with-hungary-on-display-at-showdown-summit\/01\/02\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-02-01T06:10:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T11:10:07","slug":"eu-leaders-frustration-with-hungary-on-display-at-showdown-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/eu-leaders-frustration-with-hungary-on-display-at-showdown-summit\/01\/02\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"EU leaders&#8217; frustration with Hungary on display at showdown summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 534px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-lightbox\" style=\"padding-bottom:67%\" data-lightbox-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/kraGsHk4CMlWDaZeUhxA3w--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTE2MDA7aD0xMDY4\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/dpa_international_526\/9452b721071a2f88e37b66b7996f04cf\"><span class=\"caas-img-wrapper\"><button class=\"link caas-lightbox\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;elm:expand;itc:1\"><span class=\"openArrows icon\"><svg width=\"22\" height=\"22\" viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\"><path d=\"M12.372 0.92C12.372 0.414 12.782 0.004 13.287 0.004L21 0L20.996 7.712C20.996 8.217 20.586 8.628 20.08 8.628C19.574 8.628 19.164 8.217 19.164 7.712V3.183L12.337 10.011L10.988 8.663L17.816 1.835H13.287C12.782 1.835 12.372 1.425 12.372 0.92ZM1.835 17.816L8.663 10.988L10.012 12.337L3.183 19.164H7.712C8.218 19.164 8.627 19.574 8.627 20.08C8.627 20.586 8.218 20.995 7.712 20.995L0 21L0.004 13.287C0.004 12.782 0.414 12.372 0.92 12.372C1.425 12.372 1.835 12.782 1.835 13.287V17.816Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse collapsed\">(L-R) President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Council Charles Michel, French President Emmanuel Macron, General Secretary of the Council of the European Union Therese Blanchet, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attend a meeting ahead of the European Council meeting at the European headquarters in Brussels. -\/European Council\/dpa<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Frustrations with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n&#8217;s blockade of Ukraine financial aid were on display at a specially convened EU leaders summit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Viktor definitely wants to be the centre of attention every time we are here, but it shouldn&#8217;t be like this,&#8221; Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said on arrival, adding her concern about the pattern continuing.<\/p>\n<p>Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said it was &#8220;unacceptable that one country can block such an important decision,&#8221; underlining the importance of the financial aid for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Orpo stressed that his EU counterparts would not give in to Hungary&#8217;s demands. &#8220;No one can blackmail 26 EU countries and as I said our values are not on sale.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/eu-leaders-frustration-hungary-display-101151159.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(L-R) President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Council Charles Michel, French President Emmanuel Macron, General<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/eu-leaders-frustration-with-hungary-on-display-at-showdown-summit\/01\/02\/2024\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17842"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}