Politico also mentioned that Viktor Orbán's fifty-ninth birthday is on Tuesday. "Happy birthday Viktor," the portal began, then wrote that the Hungarian Prime Minister managed to win many concessions and "held everyone hostage", and the EU leaders "surrendered" to Viktor Orbán.
However, the real winner of last night was Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán,
who happens to be 59 years old today, and now he can return home to Budapest with a big gift, after successfully securing the exception for his country, after holding up the EU's sixth sanctions package for almost a month, they wrote .
In the fight against the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, the leaders of the European Union surrendered to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, yielded to his demands, and gave Hungary an almost complete exemption from the new embargo on Russian oil, wrote the politico.eu article .
The news portal's article also mentioned the reaction of an EU diplomat to the negotiations that have been going on for about a month. According to the diplomat, the Hungarian prime minister managed to win many concessions and "held everyone hostage".
The article also noted that
Hungary was not the only country that expressed objections to the oil embargo, although Hungary was the most determined in its demands.
Slovakia and Bulgaria also requested concessions and the Czech Republic received an 18-month exemption from the ban on the resale of oil products.
Source: hirado.hu / Mandiner
