Hungary has blocked €50bn ($55bn; £43bn) in EU aid for Ukraine hours after agreement was reached on starting membership talks.
“Summary of the nightshift: veto for the extra money to Ukraine,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban posted on social media after talks in Brussels.
EU leaders said talks on aid for Ukraine would resume early next year.
Ukraine is critically dependant on EU and US funding as it continues to fight occupying Russian forces.
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Such a stupid system. How is Ukraine unsuitable for EU and NATO membership until it passes some reforms and Hungary is a part of EU and NATO while actively sabotaging and hating on both?
Hungary needs to be expelled from the EU.
Asap!
When a country becomes a fascist ally of an enemy country, shouldn’t that justify removal from the EU? Can a country be removed from the EU? What is the process and why is it not happening?
You need everyone else in the EU to agree to remove them. Poland and Hungary sort of protect each other from EU consequences.
Poland has a very pro EU government led by Donald Tusk now.
Dream come true, hopefully they roll back all their bullshit right wing policies now.
They are certainly trying but PISs did a ton of damage to the democratic systems and also installed swathes of people in key positions that share their views.
its always fucking Hungary. they should never been allowed into the EU the corrupt cunts
Not one more € from EU funds should go to Hungary.
It is completely obvious that Orban is not an ally.
The EU is not an alliance, so not being an ally is a moot point.
Huck Funguary
What a fucking disgrace. And the guy just got 10bn out of the 30bn the EU held back. They should have just quickly voted on the aid together with ascension talks while Viktor the Pig was out of the room.
Is Poland still protecting Hungary from consequences?
Hopefully not with the new government
Sadly, Slovakia has a very Orban-like government now so sadly now it could be us who start shielding Hungary in EU.
Hungary should not be in the EU. Kick them out!
Wait, wasn’t there something a few years ago, where they couldn’t bring up 4 or so billions?
Anyone wondering why Hungary is still in EU, it’s probably because https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_7_of_the_Treaty_on_European_Union
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Hungary has blocked €50bn ($55bn; £43bn) in EU aid for Ukraine hours after agreement was reached on starting membership talks.
“Summary of the nightshift: veto for the extra money to Ukraine,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban posted on social media after talks in Brussels.
The aid blocking was announced by Mr Orban shortly after the EU leaders decided to open membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova and to grant candidate status to Georgia.
Mr Orban left the negotiating room momentarily in what officials described as a pre-agreed and constructive manner, while the other 26 leaders went ahead with the vote.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the EU decision on membership talks as “a victory” for his country and “Europe”.
Commenting on Mr Orban’s opposition to the aid, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said: “We still have some time, Ukraine is not out of money in the next few weeks.”
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Well, someone will be more than happy at least and the rest will have to just cope with it. Wars are like this, if you are not strong enough and don’t chose wisely your allies. I hope the EU will welcome humanitarian refugees and receive them properly, especially neighbouring countries (like Hungary).
