Orban blackmail the EU. “If you don't unlock the funds, we won't support the budget”

Hungary will not support the new budget of the European Union until Brussels unlocks all the funds suspended to us – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced on Saturday. The politician took part in a student event organized in Romania, gathering Hungarians from the country and diaspora.

In July, the European Commission proposed a new EU budget in the amount of over EUR 2 trillion for 2028–34, putting emphasis on expenses related to competitiveness and defense. Prime Minister Orban then expressed the view that “globalist bureaucrats” are plotting to “pump out Europe's money on Ukraine”, while “European farmers rebel to defend their future.”

In previous years, the EU froze some of the funds due to the funds due to fears regarding the rule of law in Hungary.

During the Saturday speech, the Prime Minister called the chairwoman of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen to resign and announced that the EU should “return the rights taken to them” and launch a mechanism that would allow countries to attach only EU structures to their choice.

“The current EU management will always be the last one that will sign contracts with the United States, and will always conclude the worst contracts,” added Orban, calling for a change in community authorities.

Speaking of the American administration, he assessed that “thanks to the victory of Donald Trump we have been able to avoid World War for now.” – We also got rid of the political isolation of our country, economic sanctions were lifted against the nuclear power plant in Pax and the Americans began to invest in Hungary – orban calculated.

The head of government also referred to the situation in the country, ensuring that the survey, “conducted by the Fidesz coalition and the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP), indicates that if the election was held today (these groups) they would win by the vast majority.”

Parliamentary elections in Hungary have, as planned, to take place in April 2026. Most of the polls published in recent months give the opposition party Tisza from 9 to 18 percentage points advantage over Fidesz.

From Budapest Jakub Bawołek (PAP)

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