Viktor Orbán will this week host Benjamin Netanyahu on a five-day visit to Hungary, becoming the first European leader to defy the International Criminal Court arrest warrant on the Israeli premier for alleged war crimes in Gaza.
Germany’s expected next chancellor Friedrich Merz said after the general election last month that he would find the “ways and means” to have Netanyahu visit. “I think it is a completely absurd idea that an Israeli prime minister cannot visit the Federal Republic of Germany,” Merz said.
Financial Times, 30 March 2025
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