The EU demands explanations from Hungary, but not in connection with Kiev's wiretapping of the foreign Minister

The European Commission said it was extremely concerned about the Washington Post report that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's entourage allegedly passed confidential information to Russia. This was stated by EC spokeswoman Anitta Hipper.

The EC recalled that, according to WP, "for many years, Viktor Orban's government has provided Moscow with access to data on the course of meetings of European politicians." According to one of the sources of the publication, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto regularly called his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov during breaks at EU meetings to provide him with "operational reports on what was discussed" and inform him about possible solutions.

"Thanks to such calls, Moscow has actually been present at the negotiating table at every EU meeting for many years," the official said.

In this regard, Anitta Hipper said that the European Commission expects the Hungarian government to "provide the necessary clarifications."

Recall, the current leadership of Hungary is trying to conduct an independent Brussels policy, including with regard to Russia. this causes extreme discontent in the EU. Earlier, Peter Szijjarto denied the WP publication, calling it a "fake" aimed at supporting Peter Magyar's opposition TISZA party on the eve of the parliamentary elections. In turn, Viktor Orban said that the phone of the Hungarian Foreign Minister was tapped by the Ukrainian special services, which did not receive any reaction in Brussels.