Hungary opposes the start of negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU, but Germany supports Ukraine’s European integration. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban believes negotiations on Ukraine’s membership should not begin. “This is Hungary’s clear position,” he said, adding that Brussels “o... #ChristineHoffmann #EUexpansion #Hungary #UkraineAccessionToEU #UkraineEU #VictorOrban
The EU is negotiating with Hungary to unblock aid to Ukraine. As Reuters writes, the EU and Hungary expect to agree on financial assistance for Kyiv by the end of November. Hungary’s financing from EU funds can be restored by the end of November, a represe... #EUaidforUkraine #financialaidforUkraine #Hungary
Brussels will unfreeze €13B for Hungary to help Ukraine. The European Commission is preparing to release about €13B in EU funds by the end of November. This step will ensure Budapest’s support in increasing the bloc’s budget and providing signif... #Hungary #OTPbank #SupportUkraine #VictorOrban
Hungary opposes the new package of sanctions against Russia. In addition, the Orban government does not support the proposal to double the EU fund, which finances the supply of weapons to Ukraine, writes the FT. The publication, referencing information from hig... #EUsanctions #Hungary #VictorOrban
Hungary hinders the expansion of Ukrainian electricity exports to Europe. According to Olena Zerkal, adviser to the Minister of Energy, despite the urgent electricity shortage in the European market, Hungarians officials have done everything in their power to suspend the fu... #ElectricityExporttoEU #Hungary #OlenaZerkal
The European Commission will punish Hungary. On September 18, the European Commission recommended that the EU suspend about €7.5B in funding for Hungary due to Budapest’s retreat from democracy and the possible misuse of EU money, writes T... #EuropeanCommission #Hungary #VictorOrban
Procrastination with the adoption of the sixth package of sanctions is unacceptable. Delay with adopting the sixth sanctions package is intolerable, and all arguments against introducing the proposed oil embargo mechanism are far-fetched, stated Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. All t... #DmytroKuleba #EUenergy #EUsanctions #Hungary #RussianOilEmbargo #SanctionsAgainstRussia
Hungary keeps blocking the EU oil embargo. Hungary again blocked the approval of the sixth package of sanctions against Russia, which provided for the gradual introduction of an oil embargo on petroleum products. After the meeting of EU ambass... #EUOilEmbargo #Hungary #VictorOrban
Austria, Hungary, and Slovakia also decided to support the oil embargo. Following Germany’s decision on the EU oil embargo, Austria, Hungary, and Slovakia also stopped vetoing sanctions and revoked their veto on the oil embargo against Russia. Previously, countries... #Austria #Hungary #OilEmbargo #RussianENergyEMbargo
