Viktor Orban says Ursula von der Leyen is examining three options for new aid to Ukraine: “Our grandchildren will pay the bill”
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, wants to raise 135 billion euros for EU aid to Ukraine and has suggested three possible options for achieving this endeavour, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Thursday, November 20, according to the MTI agency.
Orban speaks of consequences that are impossible to anticipate. PHOTO Shutterstock
“This is the price of prolonging the war,” Orban said in a Facebook message. But “the president (of the European Commission n.red) has a problem, because she does not have this money”, therefore, he put three proposals on the table, explains the Hungarian prime minister, writes Agerpres, which quotes the foreign agency.
According to Orban, the first option is that the EU states “to contribute”, “willingly and with joy, from their own budgets. Cand when he had nothing else better to do”.
The second proposal seen by Orban is a “well known «magic trick» brussels: joint loans”.
“There is no money for war today, so our grandchildren will foot the bill. Absurd”commented the Hungarian conservative prime minister.
The third option described by him is the confiscation of Russian assets frozen in the EU. “It is a convenient solution, but its consequences are impossible to anticipate”as it could lead to “prolonged legal disputes, a wave of lawsuits and the collapse of the euro“, estimates Viktor Orban, who urges in his message to “stopping the financing of an unwinnable war as well as the corrupt Ukrainian war mafia”.
His foreign minister, Peter Szijjarto, spoke about the European Commission's plans to increase aid for Ukraine, but he mentioned a different amount, 100 billion euros, compared to the 135 billion Orban had mentioned.
Brussels “lives with the illusion” that the war with Russia can be won
The Hungarian minister said, addressing the media before a meeting with his European counterparts, that Brussels “live with the illusion” that the war with Russia can be won, therefore they are looking for solutions for new aid to be offered to Ukraine, and Ursula von der Leyen recently sent a letter to the EU states asking for another 100 billion euros for Ukraine, a letter that Orban also spoke about in a video message on Facebook on Monday.
According to the Hungarian Prime Minister, the letter signals that the amount needed to finance Ukraine is significant. “And in this letter she asks us for money. The President (of the European Commission, editor's note) asks the member states for money”he stated. This “is like trying to cure an alcoholic of drinking by sending him another case of vodka,” commented Orban.
Since the launch of the Russian invasion in Ukraine, in February 2022, the European Union has offered Kiev financial, military and humanitarian aid, totaling approximately 178 billion euros to date.
