Borrell accuses Orbán of disloyalty and joins boycott against Hungary's EU presidency

The informal meeting of foreign ministers scheduled to take place in Budapest at the end of August will instead be held in Brussels.

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00:00Hungary's President Viktor Orban has made EU countries angry after he so-called peace

00:07mission visits to Russia's Putin and China's Xi Jinping.

00:11For example, the traditional EU foreign affairs ministers' meeting known as Jimnich should

00:17happen in the country hosting the rotating presidency, such as Hungary.

00:21But many ministers have refused to go in a show of protest.

00:26Therefore, it will be held in Brussels.

00:30We have to send a signal, even if it is a symbolic signal, that being against the foreign

00:37policy of the European Union and disqualifying the policy of the European Union as the party

00:45of war has to have some consequences, well, formal consequences, symbolic consequences.

00:53This is not the first move done by the EU.

00:56A few days ago, the European Commission announced that the European commissioners will not be

01:01making their traditional visits to the hosting country.