The Hungarian chief has taken a tough line in EU talks to assist Ukraine — and a decidedly softer stance on Vladimir Putin’s Russia — vetoing an EU push to exchange U.S. navy help for Ukraine earlier this month and forcing the remaining 26 EU leaders to challenge their conclusions with out him.
On Saturday, Orbán reiterated his criticism of the European Union’s military support 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 change, utilizing our cash. We are able to solely have one reply to that: a Union however with out Ukraine,” he said.
The remark echoed a list of the issues Hungarians need from Brussels, which Orbán revealed earlier on Saturday. That wishlist included a “sturdy 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 ready to carry a basic election subsequent yr, and Orbán’s incendiary feedback might have been fueled by election warmth. The Tisza occasion of Orbán’s ally-turned-rival Péter Magyar might pose an actual menace to Orbán’s Fidesz occasion, after a steep climb within the polls for Tisza.
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Although Fidesz remained the biggest occasion in final yr’s European Parliament elections, it clocked its worst-ever EU election result as Tisza took 30 % of the vote. This yr, each events have been polling at round 40 %, with Tisza pulling forward in current polls.
