Europe · Tuesday, 1 September 2026
Hungary's Magyar tells EU to decide whether it wants to 'survive or win'
Speaking at the Bled Strategic Forum, Prime Minister Péter Magyar said the European Union suffers from a lack of political leadership and that Brussels' bureaucracy stifles initiative. He also criticised EU migration fines on Hungary as unfair, months after his government secured €16.4 billion in previously frozen EU funds by carrying out anti-corruption and rule-of-law reforms.