Incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz believes it is time for the European Union to begin punishing Hungary for voting against pro-war policies. The Social Democrat Party of the last administration, along with Merz, is forming a coalition to ensure that any remaining vestige of a democracy in Brussels dies.
“Existing protective instruments, from infringement proceedings and the withholding of EU funds to the suspension of membership rights such as voting rights in the Council of the EU, must be applied much more consistently than before,” negotiators from Merz’s conservative bloc and the SPD wrote in a draft coalition agreement on EU politics.
Now, the European Commission blocked Hungary from receiving €22 billion in aid back in 2022. Orban attempted to meet with Putin directly to act as a peacekeeper of sorts, deeply angering the EU as their agenda does not permit a…
