匈牙利

如果要問哪個歐盟國家和俄羅斯最親密,大概就是匈牙利了。近年在總理奧班的領導之下,匈牙利親中俄疏歐盟,執政方向多次與歐盟背道而馳。例如通過反LGBTQ法案、拒絕接受難民等,多次遭到歐盟警告,連教宗都呼籲匈牙利要善待難民。歐盟也以「涉嫌腐敗和違反法治」等原因推遲匈牙利的復甦基金,使匈牙利成為歐盟唯二沒有通過復甦計劃的歐盟國家(另一個是荷蘭,但荷蘭政府只是因為沒提交申請)。匈牙利本身也受到俄烏戰爭影響,因為它有65%的石油和80%的天然氣需求來自俄羅斯,所以當歐盟提出要制裁俄羅斯天然氣時,匈牙利大力反對。在歐盟仍然使用一票否決權的情況下,匈牙利恐怕會成為歐盟決策的卡關點。
看2022Year Founded: 1949
A land-locked Eastern European state, Hungary was once a superpower in Europe. The state ascended to the peak of its power when it was still a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire with Austria in the 19th Century. The Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolved after losing WWI. It then chose the wrong side by joining the Axis with Germany during WWII and paid a heavy price with a staggering number of casualties. It again chose the wrong side during the Cold War and became a Soviet satellite state. It wasn’t until 1989 that Hungary became a parliamentary democracy. In recent years, Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, has been leaning toward China and distancing Hungary from the EU. The administration has opposed decisions made by the European Parliament multiple times, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs clearly expressed his opposition to Taiwan's official inclusion in the WHO. With that said, Karacsony Gergely, the mayor of its capital city, Budapest, is very supportive of Taiwan.