The MP of several convocations Viktor Baloga was banned from entering the European Union.
Restrictions on the entry of the MPs apply to all countries of the Schengen zone. The ban on the Schengen information system was introduced by the government of Hungary for threatening its national interests and security — after the decision to install the national coat of arms of Ukraine instead of the turul in the Mukachevo Castle.
Baloga himself considers this decision a "recognition of the effectiveness" of his "struggle for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine."
"I perceive such a decision by Putinʼs henchmen as a recognition of the effectiveness of our struggle for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine," Baloga wrote.
He also added that "I went and will go to friends of Ukraine in the EU, but I was not going to Orbanʼs Hungary."
- Previously, in the castle "Palanok" in the city of Mukachevo, instead of the Hungarian symbol — the mystical turul bird — the Trident, which is a small state coat of arms of Ukraine, was installed. The mayor of the city is Viktor Balogaʼs son Andriy.