Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has once again expressed his disagreement with the EU budget, fearing that funds from it will go to Ukraine and make his country “vulnerable to blackmail.”
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Prime Minister Viktor Orban opposes the EU budget due to his belief that sending Hungarian money to Ukraine could make his country vulnerable to blackmail.Orban protests against EU budget conditions that could negatively impact Hungarian farmers and threaten funding for Ukraine.Orban states that Hungary will not agree to an EU budget that ruins Hungarian farmers and makes the country susceptible to external pressure from Brussels.
The Hungarian Prime Minister wrote about this on his Facebook page.
As Orban noted, he will not agree to an EU budget that “sends Hungarian money to Ukraine,” which “ruins Hungarian farmers,” and which “will make Hungary vulnerable to blackmail.”
I will never agree that we Hungarians will only receive the funding we deserve if we submit to Brussels’ policies on war, immigration, and gender equality.
Viktor Orban
Prime Minister of Hungary
According to the head of the Hungarian government, Brussels must understand that “Hungary’s answer is never.”
It is worth noting that the decision on the budget is made in the EU by a qualified majority, so Orban’s position is not decisive or significant.
Orban recently said that 20-25% of the EU budget will go to Ukraine.
He also posted a post with the caption “I’m with the farmers” about a farmers’ protest in Budapest, which was a response to the European Commission’s proposal for the next long-term budget of the European Union, starting in 2028.
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It should be noted that the draft long-term budget of the European Union for 2028-2034, which was also criticized by Germany, plans to allocate 100 billion euros to support Ukraine.
If Ukraine joins the EU in 2034, the budget of 100 billion euros in aid for Ukraine will be revised.
