Hungary was the only European Union (EU) country to block a joint statement by all member states condemning Russia’s retaliatory measures against European media, the portal reports euronews.
“Hungary has once again used its veto power to undermine the foreign policy of the European Union by blocking the publication of the joint statement condemning the Kremlin’s recent decision to ban 81 European media outlets in Russia,” the publication said.
Among the media that Moscow will act with are well-known European brands such as Austrian ORF, German Der Spiegel and Irish RTE.
Also subject to the ban will be Spanish El PaÃs and El Mundo, Italian RAI, Portuguese Público and French Le Monde.
In contrast, independent Hungarian news portal 444 He confirmed the information, writing that the Hungarian government did not allow the EU to condemn Russia’s actions in a joint statement.
Russia took the decision on June 25 border Access to broadcast resources of a number of EU media from its territory. Thus, the Russian side is responding to the decision of the European Union Council on May 17 to ban “all types of broadcasting activities” in three Russian media outlets.
In the European Union commented The decision of the Russian Federation to ban the publication of some Western media.
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Source: Gazeta
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