(ANSA-AFP) - BRUSSELS, SEP 4 - Hungary on Wednesday dismissed
as "political hysteria" fears that its new work and residency
permit scheme for Russian and Belarusian nationals heightened
the risk of spying in the European Union. The European
Commission and the European Parliament's biggest group raised
concerns after Hungary extended a "national card" system to
citizens of the two countries amid the war in Ukraine. Hungarian
Prime Minister Viktor Orban is the only EU leader to have
maintained close ties with the Kremlin since Russia launched its
full-scale invasion of its neighbour Ukraine in 2022. "There is
no legal and security issue whatsoever when it comes to the
national card," Hungary's minister for European Union affairs,
Janos Boka, told a press conference in Brussels. (ANSA-AFP).
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