The EC insists on allocating €50B in aid to Ukraine and is waiting only for the EU Council’s decision. The European Commission is not revising its €50B proposal for macro-financial assistance to Ukraine as part of replenishing the EU budget for 2024-2027 and is waiting for the decision from the Council... #AriannaPodesta #EUsupportforUkraine #UkraineFacility #VictorOrban
The EU is looking for ways to bypass Budapest’s veto on aid to Ukraine. According to Politico, one of the most radical options is Article 7. The prescribed procedure is applied if a country violates the fundamental values of the EU. Hungary may lose the right to vote as a... #EUsupportforUkraine #HungaryVeto #UkraineFacility #VictorOrban
Orban will disrupt the summit of EU leaders discussing aid to Ukraine and negotiations on its accession. According to Bloomberg, at a meeting of diplomats last week Hungary wanted to hold a “strategic discussion” about the bloc’s financial support to Ukraine and how Russian sanctions ha... #CharlesMichel #EUaidforUkraine #EUsummit #HungaryVeto #VictorOrban
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 has found a way to bypass Hungary’s veto of €50B for Ukraine. EU countries are considering an alternative plan to provide Ukraine with much-needed help in its fight against Russia if Hungary vetoes the current €50B funding proposal. According to Bloomberg, the p... #HungaryVeto #UkraineFacility #VictorOrban
Hungary will not be able to block the €50B aid package to Ukraine. As European Commissioner for Budget and Administration Johannes Hahn stated, Hungary is unlikely to be able to blackmail the EU now, as it needs funding itself. Hahn recalled that a year ago, the Euro... #EUprogramForUkraine #HungaryVeto #JohannesHahn #UkraineFacility #VictorOrban
The EU leaders’ summit in Granada defined the expansion of the EU as an investment in peace and stability. Leaders of European countries have recognized the EU enlargement process as an investment in the peace, prosperity, and stability of the entire European continent, according to a declaration following... #EUexpansion #GranadaSummit #JosepBorrell #UkraineSpain #UrsulavonderLeyen #VictorOrban
Aid from Ukraine’s partners has entered a zone of uncertainty. Hungary proposed to divide the €50B EU aid package to Ukraine over four years. Last week, Hungary told the members of the Euro bloc that €25B will be enough for Ukraine at this time. Now, in the middl... #JohnKirby #KevinMcCarthy #SupportUkraine #VictorOrban #WarinUkraine
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
Ukraine has agreed to Hungary’s demands to unblock €500M from the EU military fund, but Orban called the step insufficient. The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) has suspended the status of the Hungarian OTP Bank as an international sponsor of war, the agency reported. In addition, this status has also been s... #EUmilitaryAid #MilitaryAidforUkraine #OTPbank #UkraineHungary #VictorOrban
Hungary continues to oppose grain export from Ukraine and its membership in the EU. The Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban, is concerned about the accelerated pace of Ukraine’s EU membership process and the possible lifting of the Ukrainian grain export ban by the EU after... #agroexportukraine #AssociationwithEU #GrainCrisis #HungaryVeto #UkraineEU #VictorOrban
Hungary has blocked €500M from the European Peace Fund for weapons for Ukraine. This is the eighth tranche of EPF funds for armaments for Ukraine, the Italian publication ANSA reports. The funds were supposed to be paid on May 22, but Budapest allegedly demanded guarantees that t... #EuropeanPeaceFund #HungaryVeto #VictorOrban #WeaponsforUkraine
The EU plans to approve the 10th package of sanctions against Russia, but Hungary may become an obstacle. The European Union wants to implement a new sanctions package against the Russian Federation before the Ukraine-EU summit scheduled for early February. However, Hungary may delay the process. Accordin... #Russiandiamonds #SanctionsAgainstRussia #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 has blocked the provision of €18B to Ukraine. On December 6, in Brussels, at the meeting of finance ministers from the EU member states, there was no green light given regarding €18B in economic aid for Ukraine. Hungary is still blocking these fu... #EUfinancialAid #VictorOrban #ZbigniewStanyura
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
Poland is concerned by Hungary blocking the sixth package of sanctions against Russia. Polish government spokesman Piotr Mueller expressed concern over Hungary’s position on the sixth package of EU sanctions against Russia. “We unequivocally call on Hungary not to block this... #EuropeanCouncil #EUsanctionsPackage #PiotrMueller #VictorOrban
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
Orban says Putin has agreed to “Normandy talks” in Budapest. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that Russian President Vladimir Putin allegedly responded positively to his offer to meet with the leaders of Ukraine, France, and Germany in Budapest for a ... #Normandy #Putin #VictorOrban #WarinUkraine
