The European Union’s failure to bring Hungary together in its stance against Ukraine

– International news – Tasnim news agency According to “NTV” of Germany, “Victor Orban”, the prime minister of Hungary, the EU accession negotiations with Ukraine also rejected Brussels’ billion-dollar aid to Kyiv. He emphasized this issue again in a letter. European Union diplomats suspect that Orban’s rejection is an attempt to blackmail Brussels. In this way, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is intensifying his disputes with the European Union. In a letter to Charles Michel, the President of the Council of the European Union, he asked to remove the two main resolutions supporting Ukraine from the agenda of the Brussels meeting in mid-December. In a letter obtained by AFP, the right-wing nationalist official warned that otherwise there was a risk of the summit “failing”. The European Union was with Ukraine. Accordingly, the EU Commission’s proposal to support Ukraine with 50 billion euros more and to increase the multi-year budget framework is not ready for decision. Referring to the meeting of the heads of European countries on December 14 and 15, Orban warned: the obvious lack of consensus will inevitably lead to failure. Both decisions require unanimity.

Not long ago, in the first letter to Michel, Orban asked to review the European support for Ukraine as well as the sanctions against Russia. Diplomats believe that Orban wants to release 13 billion euros of blocked money for his country. The European Union had blocked this funding due to rule of law problems. Members of the European Parliament accuse Orban of “blackmail”.

According to the information of the European Union, if Hungary approves the judicial reforms requested by Brussels, this country can receive about ten billion euros. The amendment is currently in the Hungarian parliament and aims to reduce political influence on the judiciary.

The European Union has frozen about 22 billion euros for Hungary at the end of 2022 in the rule of law dispute. As the current report of the European Union Commission shows, Hungary continues to violate the European Charter of Fundamental Rights regarding asylum policy and the rights of sexual minorities.

Charles Michel left his trip to China halfway

According to the German Focus magazine, Charles Michel, the president of the European Council, canceled his trip to China because of Hungary’s position, which is a danger to the plan to start membership negotiations with Ukraine.

European Council President Charles Michel will end his trip to Beijing early, according to an EU official, Politico reported Tuesday. Meanwhile, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is trying to disrupt the EU leadership meeting at the end of the year. According to this European official, Michel intends after the first round of negotiations in He will return early from the Chinese capital on Thursday. One of the reasons for this seems to be that he does not have a secure phone line in Beijing to talk to EU leaders without the Chinese eavesdropping. Accession to Kiev is opposed after the European Commission approved the start of membership talks in November and has threatened to block a planned 50 billion euro bailout for Ukraine.

According to another EU official. French President Emmanuel Macron has also invited Orban to meet with him in Paris later this week to seek a compromise, Europe spoke to Politico. Michel personally met with Orban in Budapest last week to reduce tensions ahead of the EU summit. After this meeting, Michel stressed the importance of the unity of the European Union, which requires continuous efforts and, according to him, is the biggest strength of this country.

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