Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán warns that the European Union is entering a “closing phase” of disintegration due to fundamental structural imbalances in its decision-making system. Orbán argues that the traditional balance of power between the Council (member state leaders), the European Commission, and the European Parliament has collapsed, with the Commission increasingly subordinate to Parliament rather than accountable to national leaders. Orbán’s rant after EU sanctioned a new loan to aid Ukraine amid war.