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Hungary has set lofty ambitions for its time at the top of the European Council, but a lack of political goodwill and difficult timing – as the EU continues to transition into the next term – means Budapest is more likely to simply freeze the EU’s most important priorities.
“Make Europe Great Again.” That’s the motto of the Hungary’s EU Presidency of the Council of the EU, which begins on 1 July, but it is likely to mean just as little as the US version.
A puzzling relationship
MEGA doesn’t mean much on its own. It is an ambiguous maxim, whose meaning can be bent to mean whatever the government in Budapest decides it means on any given day. The only concrete interpretation is the obvious nod towards the Hungarian government’s like-minded friends across the Atlantic, as Viktor Orbán continues to bet on a Donald Trump autumn victory and resultant power reshuffle.
The Hungarian Presidency’s logo, on the other hand, serves as a great analogy for the upcoming six months.
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