{"id":72620,"date":"2025-05-04T01:37:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T01:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/72620\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T01:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T01:37:12","slug":"hungarian-foreign-minister-responds-to-zelenskyys-criticism-of-eu-accession-veto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/72620\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungarian foreign minister responds to Zelenskyy&#8217;s criticism of EU accession veto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 P\u00e9ter. Photo: Facebook<\/p>\n<p>Hungarian Foreign Minister P\u00e9ter Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 has pushed back against remarks made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who recently criticised Budapest\u2019s stance in blocking Ukraine\u2019s European Union accession.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurointegration.com.ua\/news\/2025\/05\/3\/7210845\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> European Pravda<\/a>, citing Peter Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100047499063575\/posts\/1210771483849476\/?rdid=l5asYyicywbXsIFB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Details<\/strong>: Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 commented on Zelenskyy&#8217;s statement that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n is dragging Ukraine into the elections in Hungary and doing &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/eng\/news\/2025\/05\/3\/7510421\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">very dangerous things<\/a>&#8221; by blocking Ukraine&#8217;s path to the EU.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>According to Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3, Zelenskyy &#8220;has to come to terms with the fact that Hungarians have every right to express their opinion on Ukraine\u2019s fast-track EU accession&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quote from Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3<\/strong>: &#8220;The fact remains: Ukraine wants to join an association that we are members of, and not vice versa&#8230; Therefore, Kyiv should choose the appropriate tone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Ukraine&#8217;s leadership and the European Commission had ambitious plans for the pace of accession negotiations in 2025, but the Hungarian veto has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/eng\/news\/2025\/02\/16\/7498563\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prevented them from proceeding<\/a>.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">On 29 April, Ukraine and Hungary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/eng\/news\/2025\/04\/29\/7509755\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">agreed<\/a> to hold regular consultations in Budapest to unblock the accession negotiations.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Budapest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/eng\/news\/2025\/04\/22\/7508684\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">organised<\/a> a poll consulting Hungarians on their views on Ukraine&#8217;s EU accession, and Viktor Orb\u00e1n publicly voted against it.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Support Ukrainska Pravda on <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/pravdaua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Patreon<\/strong><\/a><strong>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 P\u00e9ter. 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