It didn't take long for Britain's Chatham House think tank to outline a plan to counter Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's peace mission just ten days into Hungary's Presidency of the Council of the European Union. In a post titled “Orbán Is Using Hungary’s EU Council Presidency To Bulldoze EU Norms,” Senior Research Fellow Armida van Rij criticizes Orbán’s actions. She argues that he should have focused on leading Council meetings and sticking to the EU's agenda. Instead, she claims he has tried to confuse things by displaying EU flags in Kyiv and using Hungary's presidency logo in promotional material for his trip to China. She finally proposes to seize Hungary's money and use hard power to punish Orban for trying to stop the war machine.

Here is Britain's Chatham House Senior Research Fellow Armida van Rij's proposed plan to punish Hungary:

Hungary assumed the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union Council on July 1. National ministers convene in...