Read also: Hungarian Foreign Minister critiques European policy ideas on Ukraine Hungary wants to keep the enlargement portfolio, which has significant influence because of the EU’s negotiations on Ukraine’s accession. However, EU members do not want the current Budapest Commissioner, Oliver Varhelyi, or any other Hungarian, to remain in such an important role. Orbán is reportedly Putin’s closest ally in the EU, and European leaders are increasingly frustrated by his delays in sanctions and opposition to providing funds to Ukraine. One diplomat said it was hardly “even a question” of Hungary b…