A long-delayed vote in Hungary's parliament on ratifying the NATO accession bids of Sweden and Finland will likely be postponed again following a proposal from a senior government official. In a letter published on March 14 by Hungarian news website hvg.hu, Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjen requested that a parliamentary session scheduled to begin on March 20 -- during which lawmakers were expected to vote on the two Nordic countries joining the alliance -- be postponed to a week later. Semjen cited ongoing negotiations with the European Union's executive branch over Budapest's alleged breaches of the bloc's rule-of-law requirements as the reason for the delay. To read the original story by AP, click here.
Hungary To Delay Vote On NATO Membership For Sweden, Finland
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (right) with Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjen (file photo)