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Hungary Abandons ICC Exit, Bans Ukraine Farm Imports
(MENAFN) Hungary's new government executed two sweeping policy reversals Friday, scrapping its predecessor's planned withdrawal from the International Criminal Court while simultaneously reinstating a ban on agricultural imports from Ukraine, Prime Minister Peter Magyar announced.
Magyar made the dual declaration on X, the U.S.-based social media platform: "The government withdraws Hungary's intention to leave the International Criminal Court and bans the import of agricultural products from Ukraine."
The announcement follows Magyar's election victory last month, after which he pledged to reverse Budapest's ICC departure — a course correction that now carries the force of official government policy.
The ICC exit had been initiated in April 2025 by then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who dismissed the court as "political" after it issued an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. That warrant, handed down by the ICC in November 2024, targeted Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity stemming from military operations in Gaza.
The agricultural import ban, meanwhile, resurrects trade restrictions that had lapsed following the expiration of a state of emergency. Agriculture and Food Minister Szabolcs Bona had signaled the move a day earlier on Thursday, confirming the government's intent to restore the expired embargo on Ukrainian farm goods.
Hungary is not alone in its protectionist stance toward Ukrainian agricultural exports. Poland and Slovakia joined Budapest in imposing similar trade restrictions on a range of Ukrainian products back in 2023, reflecting persistent tensions between neighboring EU states and Kyiv over grain and farm commodity flows.
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