Hungary’s longtime Prime Minister Viktor Orbán lost Sunday’s election, and within hours, the rules of the European Union were suddenly up for debate.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is now pushing to eliminate national veto power in EU foreign policy decisions.
And this is coming from someone who recently said that while the EU will still defend the rules-based system, it can no longer rely on it to protect itself.
Which sounds like groundwork for what she’s proposing now.
Instead of requiring unanimous agreement from all EU member states on foreign policy, she wants decisions made by majority vote.
This may sound practical until you realize what it actually means.
Because right now, any one country, regardless of size, can block major decisions such as sanctions, funding, and policy moves. Under Orbán, Hungary did exactly that. Repeatedly. Especially when it came to Ukraine.
Now with Orbán out of the picture, von der Leyen is moving to rewrite the rules to avoid “systemic blockages.”
In other words, less room to say no to her agenda.
The biggest blocker is gone.
If she has her way, the system that allowed him to block things might be next.
What’s the point of being an EU country if you’re taking away their sovereignty?
Because once the veto is gone…
So is the ability to say no.
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