The Hungarian chief has taken a tough line in EU talks to help Ukraine — and a decidedly softer stance on Vladimir Putin’s Russia — vetoing an EU push to switch U.S. navy help for Ukraine earlier this month and forcing the remaining 26 EU leaders to problem their conclusions with out him.
On Saturday, Orbán reiterated his criticism of the European Union’s navy help for Ukraine, and his opposition to a Ukrainian accession to the EU.
“The rulers of Europe determined that Ukraine should proceed the warfare in any respect prices, and it’ll get a quick EU membership in trade, utilizing our cash. We are able to solely have one reply to that: a Union however with out Ukraine,” he mentioned.
The remark echoed an inventory of the issues Hungarians need from Brussels, which Orbán printed earlier on Saturday. That wishlist included a “robust veto” for nationwide governments, halting migration, the removing of what he mentioned have been “Soros brokers” within the European Fee and peace in Europe, in addition to a “Union with out Ukraine.”
Hungary is about to carry a common election subsequent yr, and Orbán’s incendiary feedback could have been fueled by election warmth. The Tisza social gathering of Orbán’s ally-turned-rival Péter Magyar may pose an actual menace to Orbán’s Fidesz social gathering, after a steep climb within the polls for Tisza.
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Although Fidesz remained the biggest social gathering in final yr’s European Parliament elections, it clocked its worst-ever EU election end result as Tisza took 30 p.c of the vote. This yr, each events have been polling at round 40 p.c, with Tisza pulling forward in latest polls.
