nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/7dbcc468d0db22c4 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250613s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/7dbcc468d0db22c4 doi eng 342 23 von Bogdandy, Armin Author aut Overcoming the Hungarian Veto - Advancing Europe’s Geopolitical Agency von Bogdandy, Armin Verfassungsblog 2025-06-13 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier A Russian victory over Ukraine would make a military confrontation with Europe more likely. To prevent this, the Union must prolong the Russian sanctions, including the freezing of 200 billion EUR in central bank assets. The prolongation of these sanctions requires a unanimous decision pursuant to Article 31(1) TEU. Hungary threatens to obstruct this decision. We propose a way to end Hungary's obstruction. It requires no grand actions, only a few interpretative steps and a narrow political consensus. CC BY-SA 4.0 Article 2 TEU Hungary Russian State Assets solidarity Spieker, Luke Dimitrios Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/hungarian-veto-russian-central-bank-assets/ raw object