70 European MEPs have signed a letter demanding the action after Budapest’s decision to ease visa requirements for Russian and Belarusian citizens.
From: Kyiv Post — According to an August 5 report in Politico Hungary, which currently holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU), announced in early July that it was modifying its visa regime to allow Russians and Belarusians to obtain two-year work visas. This would allow them to also settle with their families and which could eventually be converted to permanent residency. The move followed the July 5 meeting in Moscow between Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The move has not gone down well with other EU member nations who believe that Budapest’s visa scheme would present an unacceptable risk to European security. Following calls last week by Tytti Tuppurainen leader of Finland’s Social Democratic Parliamentary Group to exclude Hungary from the continent-wide free movement allowed by the Schengen Zone, the EU’s Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson warned the bloc could take action.
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