Hungary to postpone ratification of Finland's, Sweden's NATO accession until late March

This became known from the statements of Gergel Gulyash, the person in charge of the Prime Minister's Office, quoted by Telex.

In particular, he is known to have explained that there is a group of MPs in the ruling Fidesz party who want additional negotiations with Sweden and Finland before agreeing to their accession and a dialogue “on how they see their role after joining NATO.” According to him, the essence of the claims of these parliamentarians is that they want “more respect for Hungary” in a number of internal European issues. 

Gulyash also noted that the government has already submitted the proposal to parliament and it should be put on the agenda on Monday and discussed next week, in the first days of March. At the same time, the minister noted that it usually takes about four weeks to approve projects in Hungary.

Gergel Gulyash noted that the government is in favor of the debate within the faction ending successfully, but for this to happen, it is important that the negotiating delegations return from Helsinki and Stockholm “with a positive experience.” He said that he could not say how large a group of MPs is not yet ready to ratify the Swedish and Finnish applications, because it was a closed meeting of the faction and there was no vote.