Overview

• A bipartisan delegation of U.S. senators visited Hungary to urge the nationalist government to approve Sweden's NATO bid, with Hungary being the only NATO member not to have ratified it.
• The senators will submit a resolution to Congress condemning Hungary's democratic backsliding and urging the lifting of the block on Sweden's NATO accession.
• Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán indicated that the legislature might soon approve Sweden's NATO bid, aiming for ratification at the beginning of the spring session of Parliament.
• The resolution criticizes Orbán's warm relations with Russia and China, and notes Hungary's resistance to EU sanctions against Russia.
• Hungary's delay in ratifying Sweden's NATO bid has soured relations with the United States and raised concerns among allies.