Hungary’s Foreign Minister slammed the European Union, blaming it for the continuation of the covid restrictions. Meanwhile, Hungary decided to strike a deal with China’s Sinopharm to buy its coronavirus vaccine. If approved, this would make Hungary the first country in the EU to accept a Chinese vaccine.
Hungary’s coronavirus-related restrictions cannot be lifted due to the European Commission’s “scandalously slow vaccine purchase procedures,” Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday at a press conference held on a different subject.
“In the wake of Brussels’ pledges at the end of last year and at the beginning of 2021, it was expected that the EU would start vaccination with enormous speed, and restrictions in member countries could be eased,” Szijjártó said, but added that “it has not happened due to the EC’s fault.”