Orban’s condition for agreeing to financial support from Ukraine/Brussels: a solution without Hungary is also possible

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, the disputes between Hungary and the European Union continue to fight over the issue of continued support to Ukraine. condition, which is that the European Union must first release the remaining frozen funds for its country.

In this way, Viktor Orbán, the Prime Minister of Hungary, the budget negotiations The European Union has linked, among other things, new aid to Ukraine with the payment of blocked EU funds for its country.

Orban in Brussels in an interview with TV and radio The fact that you want to change the Union’s seven-year budget law is a great opportunity for Hungary to get the rest of the frozen budget, the Hungarian government said. Orban said: We should get not half, not a quarter, but everything. “We have the right to receive this money.”

Earlier, the agreement between the heads of state on new financial aid to Ukraine failed due to the resistance of the Hungarian Prime Minister . These aids include 50 billion euros, of which 17 billion euros are granted directly as grants and 33 billion euros as loans.

In general, here the issue The preparation of the long-term budget of the European Union from 2021 to 2027 is discussed. Countries like Italy want more money for industrial policy and immigration. These plans have also been blocked by Hungary’s veto. According to EU Council President Charles Michel, further negotiations on the EU budget will continue at the beginning of next year. given that it will be used from the current summit to the next EU summit to find a possible solution. He also did not rule out the solution without Hungary and at the same time said: Of course, we are working very hard to reach a result in which there is an agreement between the 27 member states. However, he stressed that if a unanimous solution is not possible, he will work on alternatives. Europe is on hold for Hungary after the EU Commission released ten billion euros a day before the summit. The reason given for the release of a part of this blocked budget was that Hungary had implemented the necessary judicial reforms for this. Of course, some members of the European Parliament found this decision unjustified. They accused the commission headed by Ursula von der Leyen of allowing itself to be extorted from the EU.

Orban continues to maintain good relations with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. continues and calls for an immediate end to the conflicts with Ukraine. He emphasizes the peace negotiations between the two countries. He has warned that the continuation of these conflicts will have consequences for the territorial integrity of Ukraine.

Russia also welcomed the blockade of Hungary and criticized the EU accession talks with Ukraine. Dmitri Peskov, Kremlin spokesman, said: “Hungary is an independent country.” This country has its own interests. And unlike many other European countries, Hungary firmly defends its interests. It has not been decided. According to him, Hungary still has 75 opportunities to stop this process. He emphasized that, like all national parliaments, Hungary must approve Ukraine’s accession to the European Union. Orban said: “If we don’t want Ukraine to become a member of the European Union, the Hungarian Parliament will vote against it.” A way out of the EU budget dispute with Hungary is possible without Budapest’s consent. . “I think it is now necessary to work on possible alternatives,” von der Leyen said on Friday after the EU summit in Brussels. We will have a solution that works.

Von der Leyen emphasized that 26 of the 27 EU countries are ready to provide additional money for the budget. Only Hungary is not on board.

Due to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s veto, other European heads of state could not discuss the EU budget review on Friday as planned. including the 50 billion euro financial aid package for Ukraine, to decide. Therefore, negotiations should continue at a special meeting early next year.

However, it is unclear whether there will be an agreement. Orban tied his agreement to the necessary budget revision to pay the frozen EU funds for his country.

Orban had initially suggested that aid to Ukraine should not be included to include the European Union, but this was not well received by the other 26 participants in the summit. However, resistance to the proposal is collapsing. Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said after the summit: “It is possible that the 26 member countries will provide this money bilaterally and not through a multi-year budget.” At the same time, he said: “But this will not be his preferred solution.” We will be able to fulfill our promises to provide financial support to Ukraine. German Chancellor Olaf Schulz also said that he is confident that an agreement will be reached in January. Schultz rejected Orban’s request to release EU funds frozen in Hungary for rule of law violations in exchange for dropping his veto. He said: There should be no connection between issues that are not related to each other. There are other options to help Ukraine. He said: We should not stop trying to find a solution within the framework of the normal budget. He is optimistic that it will be successful.

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