In his post, Orban listed seven cases when Sweden had acted against Hungary. He said "a quick reminder", stating "you intervened against Hungary in the child protection law infringement case".

He added "you voted to exclude most Hungarian universities from Erasmus and Horizon and to freeze more than half of our EU funds" and the Swedish government "intervened against Hungary in court when we challenged the Commission’s discriminatory Erasmus/Horizon decision".

He also said that the Swedish government continuously pushed the next phase of Article 7, with a Swedish minister even making remarks such as: "We must raise our voice to the child."

He said Sweden's EU minister had vowed to "put additional pressure on Hungary", simply because Hungary does not support Ukraine’s EU accession.

And Orban added that "you were among the governments that pushed the Migration Pact through, despite the previous Council decision that called for unanimity regarding this very sensitive subject. This puts Hungary’s security at direct risk."

Orban said: "In Hungary, we would call this behaviour many things, but friendly is certainly not one of them".

"Every country has its problems. In Sweden, migration is one. Yet unlike you, we do not meddle in the sovereignty or internal affairs of others, and do not lecture other countries -- we do, however, continue to worry for you and the Swedish people," he added.
 

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