Russia has a special, unlikely friend in the European Union. Hungary, like Poland and the Baltic countries, underwent immense suffering at the hands of the Soviets during the Cold War. But Hungary is now willing to lend Moscow a hand, even if it means undermining EU solidarity at a time of acute crisis. A disloyal member state agitating against it from within is the last thing the EU needs as it copes with a daunting slate of historic challenges: terrorism, a stubborn economic crisis, waves of refugees, complex negotiations with Turkey over refugee return, the possibility of a Brexit, a …read more
Source: The New Republic
