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And things sure won’t go well for Hungary if it attempts to thwart European leaders when they meet next week to approve a vital €50 billion lifeline to Ukraine as it enters a third year of war with Russia.

“If Orbán really blocks again an agreement [on the budget and the €50 billion for Ukraine] at the February summit, using Article 7 to strip Hungary of its voting rights could become a real option,” said one EU diplomat.

Some Central and Eastern European countries are fearful of invoking Article 7, several diplomats said, because they worry they could face similar scrutiny over rule of law issues at home in the future.

Orbán has become increasingly isolated in recent months as Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni veered towards centrist views on Russia and Ukrainian aid, even as she leads Italy’s most right-wing government since Benito Mussolini.

The EU has wrestled with Hungary’s erosion of democratic values for years: diminishing media freedom, attacks on LGBTQ+ rights, and the lack of an independent judicial system.

While much of his anti-immigrant rhetoric was lambasted by EU leaders a decade ago, it is now reflected in the bloc’s “historic” migration pact, signaling a shift to the right with stricter deportation rules and procedures for rejected asylum seekers.

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