Brussels desires to make clear the espionage allegations towards Hungary | EUROtoday

As of: April 9, 2026 • 11:28 p.m

Hungary is claimed to have handed on data from EU conferences to Russia. This is usually recommended by intercepted phone calls. Brussels sees a necessity for clarification and needs to boost the problem to the chief degree.

The EU Commission is urging clarification in regards to the extent to which Hungary handed on inside EU data to Russia. Reports pointed to “the alarming possibility that the government of a Member State is coordinating with Russia and thereby actively working against the security and interests of the EU and all its citizens,” a Commission spokeswoman stated.

“This is therefore extremely worrying and it is up to the Member State government concerned to make an urgent statement on this,” the spokesperson stated. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen may also tackle the problem on the degree of heads of state and authorities.

Wiretapped telephone calls

Revelations from a number of investigative portals counsel that Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto commonly handed on inside EU data to his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. The stories are subsequently based mostly on phone calls intercepted by Western secret providers.

Szijjarto is claimed to have known as Lavrov on December 14, 2023 throughout an EU summit at which he accompanied Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The summit was in regards to the begin of accession talks for Ukraine and Moldova.

Orban had threatened to veto such a call. He made waiving the veto conditional on the EU releasing 22 billion euros in EU help for Hungary, which the EU had frozen on account of continued violations of the rule of legislation.