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US Attacks on Iran Mean a Massive Ripple Effect on CEE
2 March 2026
Viktor Orbán is intensifying his opposition to continued aid, becoming increasingly truculent. Is this a cover story for his domestic troubles and a way to deflect attention from a child abuse scandal?
Meanwhile, Zelenskyy will join Poland’s Donald Tusk in Berlin this afternoon to coordinate European strategy. This follows Sunday’s peace talks between Zelenskyy, Witkoff and Kushner. The Monday meeting will involve several European leaders, primarily from northern countries, the NATO Secretary-General and the presidents of the Commission and the Council. Poland is the only one of NATO’s Bucharest Nine group of eastern flank countries attending the event.
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