"Orbán's Support for Sweden's NATO Bid Amid US Senators' Condemnation"

A bipartisan delegation of US senators visited Hungary to urge the government to approve Sweden's NATO bid, with mounting pressure on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's administration to act after delaying the move for over 18 months. The senators announced a joint resolution condemning alleged democratic backsliding in Hungary and urging the government to lift its block on Sweden's integration. Orbán indicated that Hungary's legislature might soon relent, but no members of the Hungarian government accepted invitations to meet the delegation. The resolution also criticizes Orbán's warm relations with Russia and China, as well as Hungary's resistance to EU sanctions on Russia.