(ANSA-AFP) - STRASBOURG, 18 LUG - EU chief Ursula von der
Leyen on Thursday savaged a rogue diplomatic trip made by
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to Moscow to discuss ways
for ending the war in Ukraine as an "appeasement mission". "This
so-called peace mission was nothing but an appeasement mission
-- this was a plain appeasement mission," she told the European
Parliament in a sharp rebuke for Orban, whose country currently
holds the rotating EU presidency. "Russia is banking on Europe
and the West going soft, and some in Europe are playing along,"
said von der Leyen, who was courting votes in the parliament for
a second five-year term. (ANSA-AFP).
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