Look, the EU changing the rules to ditch unanimity is a clear sign they’re done waiting for countries like Hungary to hold things up. Makes sense—they want to move fast with the war going on. But at the same time, this just highlights a big EU problem: how much say do member states really have if they can just be ignored when it’s inconvenient?

Hungary, as usual, is pushing back, and they’re not wrong about sovereignty. Brussels wants more control without dealing with opposition, and that’s causing friction. Orbán is controversial, but he represents a chunk of Europe that doesn’t want to blindly follow EU mandates.

In the end, the EU is at a crossroads: either become a faster, more centralized bloc at the cost of democracy or stay bogged down in internal disputes. They’ve clearly picked the first option, which might work for now, but could backfire in the long run. The EU already has cracks, and sidelining certain countries might just make them worse.