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ANTI-RUSSIAN SANCTIONS8 DEC, 18:35
Hungary opposes another package of EU’s sanctions against Russia, newspaper reports
Some diplomats expressed anxiety that Hungary would use its right of imposing a veto against any EU decision requiring unanimity
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LONDON, December 8. /TASS/.
Hungary spoke out against a new package of sanctions against Russia at a meeting of EU ambassadors on Wednesday,
the Financial Times wrote on Thursday citing unnamed diplomats.
"They are being difficult wherever they can. It is becoming rather predictable," a senior EU official told the newspaper.
Budapest also opposed a proposal to double the EU’s fund for providing weapons to Ukraine and other countries, the publication said.
Some diplomats expressed anxiety that Hungary would use its right of imposing a veto against any EU decision requiring unanimity.
One senior EU diplomat told the newspaper that "radical moves" might be expected.
Budapest could also veto the expansion of the border check-free Schengen area to Croatia, and possibly Romania and Bulgaria, the paper wrote.
On December 7, the European Commission presented another package of anti-Russia sanctions, with almost 200 individuals and legal entities,
three banks, four TV channels and defense industry companies planned to be blacklisted.
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