Hungary pledges to thwart efforts by globalist European bureaucrats like Guy Verhofstadt to impose sanctions on Tucker Carlson for his interview with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
Amidst uproar from the left-leaning establishment over Carlson’s choice to interview the Russian leader, former Belgian Prime Minister and current Member of the European Parliament, Guy Verhofstadt, urged for an EU travel ban on the American journalist.
He also advocated for the bloc to initiate the process of imposing sanctions on the EU’s diplomatic body, led by Spanish socialist Josep Borrell.
However, the organization lacks the sole authority to impose sanctions on individuals. Instead, it can only provide evidence to the European Council, the EU’s executive branch consisting of the heads of state or government of EU member states. Any of these leaders has the authority to veto a decision.
As a socially conservative nation, Hungary holds the power to prevent the EU from imposing sanctions on Carlson.
On Tuesday, the country reaffirmed its stance, stating that it would indeed block such a measure if it came before the Council.
In response to reports about possible EU sanctions against the American journalist, Balázs Orbán, the political director for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, took