Alberes has ruled out a boycott against Hungary while Yolanda Díaz stands by Orbán

Less than a month after Hungary was crowned the European presidency, there are already divisions in Brussels. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell describes it this way:unacceptable“Some of the decisions taken by Viktor Orbán since he became Hungary’s European President.

And since he took office, he has undertaken what he calls “peace missions”, including visits to Putin, Xi Jinping and Donald Trump. Orban has never hidden his affinity with them. His career is well known because he has never had a problem starting a speech Xenophobic messagesEven when Europe was about to face one of the worst situations Migration crisisthat of 2015. In addition, during his more than 14 years as Hungary’s premier he has approved laws that They violate the rights of LGTBI people.

Currencies that have been instigated over the years Conflict between Budapest and BrusselsAnd which has led the Commission on several occasions to apply economic sanctions on our country due to the lack of adequate guarantees of the rule of law.

This has led many political leaders from different countries to turn against Orbán who is presiding over the European Council. Without going any further, Vice President Yolanda Díaz has been very harsh on the matter. And, in fact, she plans to plant Viktor Orbán. He has already announced that he will not attend the meeting of Labor Ministers in Hungary next October.

But, for his part, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albarez, has distanced himself from the leader of Sumar and this Monday he appealed EU “unity and solidarity”It has also rejected boycotts within the Union, such as the one promoted by Sweden against the Hungarian presidency of the Council to punish the visit of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to Russia.

“Orbán’s visits only link him to that and obviously do not represent the consensus position of the EU or Spain’s foreign policy, but Spain is also not in favour of a boycott; there cannot be a boycott within the EU because it implies unity and solidarity,” Alberes highlighted in his statement to the media in Brussels, where he is attending a meeting of EU foreign ministers.

Thus, while Nordic and Baltic governments, in addition to Poland, defend the boycott of the meetings that Hungary’s six-monthly president Orbán organizes in their territory against his intransigence, others, such as Germany and Spain, reject this movement.

“We are going to evaluate meeting by meeting according to the content of the agenda,” Alberes explained, since he believes there will be files of special relevance to Spain in which his “presence and voice must be guaranteed.”

Appointment in Budapest

Within the framework of this calendar, foreign ministers plan to meet in Budapest at the end of August in the traditional informal meeting that marks the beginning of each rotating presidency of the EU Council, although the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, is considering switching the call to Brussels in response to pressure from Orban.

In this regard, Alberes has assured that he will listen to what Borrell, who is responsible for deciding where and when that meeting will take place, has proposed, and has refrained from moving forward on whether or not he plans to attend it until a decision on the matter is made at the meeting this Monday.