Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Friday (26 January) he would “not negotiate” with Hungary over Sweden’s NATO bid despite Budapest now the sole holdout after Turkey’s ratification.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán this week invited Kristersson to Budapest to discuss the issue “at your earliest convenience”, an invitation Kristersson on Thursday accepted.
“I’m happy to go to Budapest … We have a lot to talk about … but we’re not negotiating the NATO membership, there are no negotiations on this,” Kristersson told Swedish television TV4.
“But we could talk about how we will best cooperate in NATO,” he said.
Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström on Tuesday said there was “no reason to negotiate” with Hungary.
There will be no negotiations because Hungary has no demands. Hungary is so insignificant that there is nothing Sweden can do for them.
Hungary is (sadly) part of EU, which means some EU decisions need their support as well.
Vic is very very close to losing all voting rights in EU.
At least the EU has a mechanism to overcome that.