Hungary plays the spoiler in Europe, as Orban seeks votes at home
“He [Orban] has always played this game, using his veto as a kind of threat, essentially as a bargaining chip,” said Zselyke Csaky, a senior research fellow at the Center for European Reform in Brussels. “It is more driven by domestic politics right now because Hungary will have elections in two months and Fidesz is not doing well at all.”