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On March 7, Orban wrote on his page on the social network X that he was going to raise “the question of Ukraine’s membership in the EU to vote in Hungary and the Hungarian people will say their word”, and the authorities will fulfill its will.
On March 16, Hungary published a model of voting ballot in a survey about Ukraine entering the European Union.
The vote is planned to be completed by the beginning of the summer, said the Minister of EU Hungarian Yanosh Boka before the meeting of the EU Council on General Issues in Brussels on March 18, the European Pravda wrote.
On April 22, Orban took part in a survey about the Hungarians' attitude to Ukraine’s entry into the EU, which was initiated by his own government. In the photo, which he published in the message, it is clear that he voted against the membership of Ukraine in the EU.
On May 3, at a press conference, Zelensky stated that most Hungarian citizens support Ukraine’s entry into the European Union, despite the position of Orban. He noted that according to a survey conducted by the Hungarian opposition, 70% of the Hungarians support Ukrainian membership in the block. He called Orban’s actions dangerous to the EU and emphasized that in Hungary there is a domestic political struggle into which Orban involves Ukraine. In response, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary Peter Siyyarto published a message on Facebook, in which he emphasized that “Kyiv must select the appropriate tone, because Ukraine wants to join the European Union, a member of which is already Hungary, and not vice versa“.
