The Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban, has suggested he will block both financial support and membership talks for Ukraine. There are workarounds on aid, but they are cumbersome.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk is sworn in and vows to try to invigorate flagging European support for Ukraine and push for “full mobilization” against Russia’s military assault.
A government campaign against what it calls “homosexual propaganda” is unsettling booksellers and has resulted in the firing of the director of one of the country’s leading museums.