US senators to submit resolution condemning democratic backsliding in Hungary

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Two U.S. senators will submit a bipartisan resolution to Congress condemning democratic backsliding in Hungary and urging its nationalist government to lift its block on Sweden's accession into the NATO military alliance. The resolution, authored by U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, a New Hampshire Democrat, and Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, comes as Hungary's government is under increasing pressure to ratify Sweden's bid to join NATO, something it has delayed for more than 18 months. Unanimity is required among all NATO member countries to admit a new ally, and Hungary is the only one of the…