{"id":453265,"date":"2026-05-13T10:53:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T08:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/05\/13\/e-se-dopo-la-caduta-di-orban-si-mettesse-in-discussione-il-diritto-di-veto\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T11:47:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:47:04","slug":"and-what-if-orbans-fall-reopened-the-debate-on-the-right-of-veto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/05\/13\/and-what-if-orbans-fall-reopened-the-debate-on-the-right-of-veto\/","title":{"rendered":"And what if Orb\u00e1n\u2019s fall reopened the debate on the right of veto?"},"content":{"rendered":"

May 9<\/strong>, Europe Day, was the day symbolically chosen by Peter Magyar for the inauguration of his government<\/strong>, amidst a sea of European Union flags mingling with Hungarian ones. <\/span><\/p>\n

Thus ended Viktor Orb\u00e1n\u2019s long reign over Hungary<\/strong>, but also his veto power within the European institutions<\/strong>, which had enabled him to influence European policy \u2013 either for his own benefit or on behalf of others \u2013 by blocking or endlessly delaying crucial decisions and subjecting any possibility of reaching a consensus to his veto. <\/span><\/p>\n

The European Union has, in short, experienced<\/strong> its own \u201cLiberation Day,<\/strong>\u201d a moment it must cherish, before others seek to emulate the deeds of the defeated leader<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

 This made it possible, within a matter of days, to finalise the granting of a 90-billion-euro loan to Ukraine and to once again consider the possibility of a fast-track procedure for examining the negotiation chapters required for its potential accession to the European Union, as well as, most recently, to impose sanctions on \u201cviolent Israeli settlers\u201d in the West Bank. <\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, Orb\u00e1n\u2019s departure gave German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul<\/strong> the opportunity to make a strong call for the abolition of the unanimity rule<\/strong> and increased use of enhanced cooperation schemes to enable the European Union to compete with the United States and China. “When it comes to security issues, the principle of unanimity can put us in existential danger,” said Wadephul: “It is a matter of life and death, as we can see every day in Ukraine.“<\/i><\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

This view was echoed by Antonio Tajani, who, in an interview with Il Messaggero, responded to the question, \u201cIs the EU stronger and more agile in its decision-making without Orb\u00e1n?\u201d by saying: \u201cIt is more responsive<\/strong>, but now we must insist on overcoming the veto right,<\/strong>\u201d stressing that this has always been his personal position and adding, \u201cI hope our government allies will be persuaded.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

These are not isolated statements, because Ursula von der Leyen and Kaja Kallas have also highlighted the issue, and because it is plain for all to see that repeating the same mistake is folly.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the face of the geopolitical challenges the EU and its member states face<\/strong>, if not now<\/strong>, then when<\/strong>?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The departure of the former Hungarian prime minister provided an opportunity for the German foreign minister, Johann Wadephul, to make a strong plea for the abolition of unanimous voting. This view was echoed by the Italian deputy prime minister, Antonio Tajani<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7592,"featured_media":453253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25711,25681],"tags":[25890,25794,25833,33728,26023,33394,30781,34073],"class_list":["post-453265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinions","category-politics","tag-magyar","tag-orban-en","tag-ue","tag-ukraine-in-2","tag-veto"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7592"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":453266,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453265\/revisions\/453266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}