Hungarian Official Calls for Debate on EU Sanctions Against Russia

The European Union’s sanctions against Russia, which are due to be renewed in the coming days, shouldn’t be automatically extended, a senior official from Hungary said on Thursday, calling for a ‘debate’ and throwing the renewal of the bloc’s sanctions in doubt. The EU ambassadors are expected to meet later this month, but a renewal of the sanctions on Russia needs to be unanimously approved by all 27 EU member states. Hungary’s leader, Prime Minister Viktor Orban, has repeatedly called for the EU to re-think…