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European Union: Prime Minister Viktor Orbán blocks new financial aid to Ukraine
European Union: Prime Minister Viktor Orbán blocks new financial aid to Ukraine – (franceinfo)
The aid of 50 billion euros that the European Union wishes to provide to Ukraine was blocked by the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, on the night of Thursday December 14 to Friday December 15. He first wants to obtain the 21 billion that the EU must pay him.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán set his conditions for new European financial aid to Ukraine, on the night of Thursday December 14 to Friday December 15. “I have always said that if there were an amendment to the European Union budget, and for several reasons, Hungary would seize the opportunity to clearly demand what it deserves“, he said. Viktor Orban demands that the EU release the 21 billion euros it promised for the period 2021-2027.
Aid will be discussed again at the start of next year
These funds have been frozen for a year, and suspended until reforms are carried out in the country. The EU released part of it on Wednesday, but the Hungarian leader wants all of it. The Europeans deplore blackmail. The Kremlin, with which Viktor Orban has retained links, welcomes this decision. Aid to Ukraine, amounting to 50 billion euros, will now have to be discussed at the start of next year. The 26 other countries are in favor of this aid, which must be approved unanimously.
