Inconclusive meeting of the President of the European Council with the Prime Minister of Hungary

– International news – Tasnim news agency According to the Austrian newspaper “De Presse”, “Charles Michel”, the president of the European Council, who hoped for Hungary’s veto against Ukraine should end, during a trip to Budapest, he held a fruitless meeting with “Victor Orban”, the Prime Minister of this country.

According to the Austrian newspaper “De Presse”, the conversation of “Charles Michel”, the President of the European Council, with Viktor Orban lasted two hours, with the result that the EU official was unable to get much more than a meeting between the European Council president and the Hungarian prime minister in Budapest on Monday. Considering the tension and sensitivity of the discussed issues, Michel decided not to hold a press conference after this meeting. There was a fundamental discussion about the support of the European Union to Ukraine in the fight against Russia. According to Orban, who is loyal to the Kremlin, this battle has been lost.

Given Hungary’s threats to veto the EU plan to start accession talks with Ukraine, Brussels is trying to tame the country and In this regard, the head of the European Council visited Budapest today.

The Prime Minister of Hungary recently threatened to block the European Union’s policy on Ukraine.

A few days ago, Orban A letter to Michel announced that he would veto the planned – and indeed long-decided – decision to open accession talks between the EU and Ukraine at the EU summit in Brussels in mid-December. Orban said the same applies to the decision on an additional €50 billion in EU aid to Ukraine.

Orban called for a “strategic debate” between EU heads of state on the whole of Brussels’ policy. in Ukraine, from the effectiveness of sanctions against Russia to the delivery of more weapons and the speed of the accession process.

The recent victories of right-wing populist leaders Robert Fico in Slovakia and Geert Wilders in the Netherlands in the elections show that resistance to This is increasing in Europe. Both European officials entered their election campaigns promising to stop giving money and arms to Ukraine. These are the demands that Orban, who recently met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been making for a long time.

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