Hungary Takes the EU to Court – For Moscow’s Benefit

Orbán turns a legal case into a weapon against Brussels

29 August 2025

Luca Flora Soltész

Contributing Editor at Visegrad Insight

Hungary has once again broken ranks with its European partners, this time by suing the EU over a decision to channel profits from frozen Russian assets into Ukraine’s defence. The move is not an isolated legal step but the culmination of years of estrangement from Kyiv – and a gift to Moscow.

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Relations between Budapest and Kyiv have been rocky for years, well before Russia’s full-scale invasion.

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Luca Flora Soltész

Contributing Editor at Visegrad Insight

Luca Flora Soltész is a contributing editor at Visegrad Insight. She is from Hungary, but has lived in Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands before returning to her home country. Luca just finished Political Science in Amsterdam, where her thesis focused on party politics and party funding. She is interested in regional politics, and is writing about Hungary and the Western Balkans at Visegrad Insight.

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