On Thursday, 22 August, the European Commission indicated that it had received Budapest’s response to the questions raised by the new Hungarian national card, which notably makes it easier for Russian and Belarusian workers to obtain visas (see EUROPE B13464A1) and potentially poses security problems for the EU and the Schengen area.
On 21 August, the Hungarian government did, in fact, send the European Commission a letter, assuring the institution that the new Hungarian card—which...