EU Parliament Criticizes Hungary’s Orban for Meeting With Putin in Moscow

Orban recently met the leaders of Russia and China—and presidential frontrunner Donald Trump—as part of a self-styled ‘peace mission.’

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 5, 2024. Valery Sharifulin/AFP via Getty Images

Nationalist-minded Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has received a dressing down from the European Parliament for visiting Moscow earlier this month, where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

On July 17, the Strasbourg-based parliament passed a resolution condemning Mr. Orban’s trip to Russia, which, it said, “does not represent the European Union and is a blatant violation of the EU’s treaties and common foreign policy.”