“The Chairman of the European Council Antonio Costa says that Europe is at war, Prime Minister Donald Tusk, that we have to accept the fact that the Russian-Ukrainian war is also our war, and the Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson, that we need to increase pressure on Hungary to work on bringing Ukraine closer to the EU,” said Orban in the entry.
“These signs. Europe is going great to the war. Hungarian reality is that the war abroad is not ours. There is no European unity on Ukraine membership in the EU and without us it cannot be it. Hungarian money will not flow to Ukraine. As long as Hungary will have the national government, certainly not!” – noted Orban.
Summit of the European Union in Denmark
The main topics of the summit in Denmark are to be strengthening the joint defense of Europe and support for Ukraine. The heads of government and presidents of EU countries are to talk, among others on providing Kiev with predictable and long -term economic, military and political support. The discussion is also to apply to reforms taken by Ukraine and the next steps of this country on the way to membership in the EU.
The Hungarian government is opposed to the accession of Ukraine to the Union and from February blocks the opening of the so -called The first cluster in the negotiations of Kiev with Brussels. The dispute concerns the Ukrainian Language Act, which has been in force for over 10 years, which, according to Budapest, limits the right to the use of minority languages, including the Hungarian minority in the Ukrainian tract.
In 2023, the Parliament in Kiev adopted a new law on national minorities, which took into account the requirements of the Council of Europe. However, the then deputy minister of foreign affairs of Hungary Tamas Menczer found the introduced changes as insufficient.
In addition, in the opinion of the Hungarian authorities, Ukraine's accession to the EU would have a negative impact on the economy and security of Hungary and the entire community.
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Deterioration
Budapest's relations with Kiev have become significantly deteriorated in recent weeks after Ukraine has attacked Russia, a friendship running through Russia, which provides crude oil from Russia to Hungary. Last week, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelnski also said that drones, which violated the airspace of his country, could come from Hungary. The government in Budapest rejected these allegations.
In the analysis published on Wednesday, Politico assessed that in his attempts to block Ukraine membership, Orban may find “unexpected allies” in the EU.
The portal reminded that before the meeting of the EU leaders in Copenhagen, Costa lobbyed in European leaders, trying to find a way to bypass Hungary's opposition to the accession of Ukraine. The politician proposed a change in provisions, which is to enable the commencement of accession talks after obtaining the qualified consent of most countries, and not the currently required unanimity. According to Politico, several European leaders could support Orban to maintain the right to veto regarding applications for membership of other candidates.
“For the Greeks, it is important to suspend conversations with Turkey or Albania, for Bulgarians with North Macedonia, for Croats with Serbia,” noted the portal. He added that Orban's ally in this matter may also be French President Emmanuel Macron, who in the past opposed Turkey's rapprochement with the EU.
