The stakes of Viktor Orban's vehement opposition to the accession of Ukraine at the European Union. “It's too much”

Upon arrival at the Copenhagen Summit that takes place on Wednesday, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban reiterated, in a vehement manner, that Budapest further opposes the idea of ​​accepting Ukraine to become a member of the European Union.

“The Hungarians would not like to belong to the same integration format, be it military, such as NATO, or political-economic, such as the European Union, along with Ukrainians. So my proposal, Hungary's proposal, is to have a strategic agreement (with Ukraine) and not an accession,” said Orban, quoted by The Guardian.

“Ukraine is a heroic country. We must support it. There is no doubt about it. The question is how we do it. The accession is too much,” added the Hungarian Prime Minister.

Orban stressed that this is not his opinion, but “a decision of the Hungarian people.”

Orban invokes war and European money

Asked repeatedly about his opposition to the possible EU aparner at the Community Block, the head of the Budapest government insisted that his opinion is that “there should be no accession.”

“No one knows what will happen over 100 years … But today the answer is obvious, not the accession … That would mean, first of all, that the war would reach the European Union; secondly, the money in the European Union would go to Ukraine. Both would be bad,” he said.

He also rejected the suggestions that the Community block can change the rules on opening the negotiations with the candidate countries to bypass the Veto of Hungary.

“There is a legal procedure, strictly established, regarding the way of processing. We must comply with it. This means a unanimous decision,” the Hungarian prime minister said.

Orban also defended his previous statements, arguing that Ukraine is no longer a sovereign country.

He said: “They have no money to support themselves. We pay the army, we pay the public bureaucracy, we pay pensions, we pay everything. If you are paid by someone else, you are not a sovereign country. It is not a moral statement, it is just a financial fact.”

The Hungarian prime minister also offered Denmark advice on the recent incursions of the drones into his airspace, saying that his recommendation would be to “go down”.

Fico does not participate in the summit for medical reasons

Another European political leader considered a close relative of Moscow, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, will not participate in the informal summit of the European Union in Copenhagen, for medical reasons related to the assassination attempt to which he was a victim last year, his office announced, according to Agerpres.

“The prime minister presented apologies for his non -participation at the informal meeting of the European Council and at the summit of the European political community, due to the health issues related to the assassination attempt,” said Alexander Kovac, representative of the Bratislava Government.

The leaders of the states of the European Union take part in Copenhagen on Wednesday at an informal European Council to discuss how the common defense of Europe and support for Ukraine can be strengthened.

The informal meeting in the Danish capital is led by the president of the European Council, Antonio Costa, and hosted by the head of the Danish government, Mette Frederiksen. It will be followed on Thursday by the meeting of the European Political Community, which brings together leaders from all over Europe.

Participants will have discussions about how to strengthen Europe's defense, including recent air space violations in several Member States.

The leaders of the EU states will debate the ways in which Kiev can still support to achieve a fair and sustainable peace. The EU has played a foreground role in the provision of critical support for Ukraine.

To date, the EU and its Member States have contributed over 173.5 billion euros in the form of Ukraine.

Also, the leaders of the member countries will have discussions about the path of Ukraine to the EU, including on Ukraine reform efforts and the measures taken to access.

New tensions between Budapest and Kyiv

At the end of last week, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto estimated that Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski “begins to go crazy”, after the Kiev leader said that Drone, who were probably Hungary, violated Ukraine's airspace.

“President Volodimir Zelenski begins to go crazy because she is anti-Hungarian,” Szijjarto wrote on Facebook. “He sees monsters now,” the head of Hungarian diplomacy added about the President of Ukraine.

Zelenski anteriorly on social networks as recognition drones, which they suspect were Hungarian, performed flights in the airspace of Ukraine.

“Preliminary assessments suggest possible actions to recognize on the industrial potential in Ukraine border areas,” Zelenski added.

He did not provide details about the precise location of these drones or when they took place, only mentioning that they were “recent” and that he asked his army “urgent reports about all registered incidents”.

Also on Friday, Ukraine forbade the entry into its territory of three Hungarian military personnel, as a respond to a similar decision of Hungary, a new episode of tensions between the two countries.

In July, Hungary forbade access to its territory for two colonis and a general in the Ukrainian army involved in the forced recruitment process in which, according to Budapest, a Hungarian ethnic was killed by Ukrainian recruitment officers.

A month later, the government of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban also forbade the entry into Hungary of the Ukrainian drone commander, Robert Brovdi, who coordinated the attacks on the Russian Drujba, through which Hungary and Slovakia import oil from Russia. This commander also comes from the ranks of the Hungarian community in Ukraine.