Perhaps someone has his nuts their hand while holding a knife on the other. Metaphorically.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Hungary can ratify Sweden’s NATO bid as soon as February 26 when the country’s parliament reconvenes, Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced on Saturday.

“Together with the Swedish Prime Minister, we have done important steps to restore confidence,” Orban said during an annual state of the nation address.

In July, Fidesz told CNN that “Swedish government figures have regularly insulted Hungarian voters and Hungary as a whole.”

Orban, considered to be the European Union leader closest to Russian President Vladimir Putin, initially indicated he was not opposed to Sweden joining the bloc, before working to stall it.

Katalin Cseh, a Hungarian Member of the European Parliament, said last year that Orban’s blocking of Sweden’s bid was “quite simply, another favor to Vladimir Putin.”

But following a decision by leaders in Turkey earlier this year to approve Sweden’s accession to the alliance, leaving Hungary as the only holdout, Orban took steps to allow the process to move forward.

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