Ukraine Moves Towards EU Membership as Hungary's Orban Abstains
The EU failed to agree on a $54 billion aid packagefor Ukraine, even as the bloc decided Thursday to open accession negotiations.
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The EU failed to agree on a $54 billion aid packagefor Ukraine, even as the bloc decided Thursday to open accession negotiations.
Javad Parsa/ReutersHungary on Friday stopped the European Union from giving Ukraine a $55 billion aid package mere hours after the bloc reached an agreement allowing membership talks to begin. In what he termed a “summary of the nightshift” on X, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán boasted of his “veto for the extra money to Ukraine.” Kyiv remains dependent on European and American funding in its ongoing war against Russia. Orbán, regarded as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest European
French president says leaders got the idea which kept Ukraine’s EU bid on track from the Hungarian PM himself.
Membership in the European Union would be a boon for Ukraine — but Hungary remains a thorn in Kyiv's ability to make inroads.
A proposed $54 billion European financial aid package to Ukraine has been vetoed by Hungary days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy failed to get U.S. lawmakers to issue funding.