Szijjarto: EU proposal to scrap unanimity requirement for foreign policy decisions 'dangerous'

A new European Union proposal under which the bloc's foreign policy decisions would no longer require unanimous support from member states is "dangerous" from Hungary's perspective and "completely goes against" the EU treaties, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said after meeting his EU counterparts in Luxembourg on Monday. The proposal "being forced on the bloc by the liberal mainstream governments and Brussels itself" violates EU rules which say the union's foreign policy decisions require unanimous consent from member states, Szijjarto said in a video message. Under the new plan, the EU could enact foreign policy decisions with a simple majority vote, he said. The new system would serve to deprive member states that do not belong to the "liberal mainstream" of their right to enforce their own interests when deciding on foreign policy measures, Szijjarto insisted.