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Associated PressJUL 2024
Hungary Stripped of EU Meetings Over Ukraine Peace Mission
Above: High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security and Policy Josep Borrell Fontetlles attends European Council Summit on June 29, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. Image copyright: Pier Marco Tacca/Contributor/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-establishment narrative
Russia, as the aggressor in this war, violated the UN charter. Any self-styled peace mission that fails to recognize this reality is unacceptable. Hungary must be shown that it cannot violate EU treaties and its foreign policy without consequences.
Establishment-critical narrative
Continuing the pro-war hysteria by the EU, Hungary's attempts at ending the two-and-a-half-year war — with negative consequences for all — are treated as Kremlin propaganda. This is an absurd, bad faith, and immature argument.
Metaculus Prediction
There's a 50% chance there will be a bilateral cease-fire or peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine by March 2026, according to the Metaculus prediction community.