EU Parliament Criticizes Hungary’s Orban for Meeting With Putin in Moscow

Nationalist-minded Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has received a dressing down from the European Parliament for visiting Moscow earlier this month, where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. On July 17, the Strasbourg-based parliament passed a resolution condemning Mr. Orban’s trip to Russia, which, it said, “does not represent the European Union and is a blatant violation of the EU’s treaties and common foreign policy.” The resolution, which also stresses the EU’s continued support for Ukraine, asserted that Budapest should “face repercussions for these actions.” A large majority of EU lawmakers—495—voted in favor of the resolution, while 137 voted against it. Forty-seven abstained....