Hungary will not veto the start of negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the European Union, because the rules do not provide for such a possibility. Budapest proposes not to bring up the issue of Ukraine’s accession to the EU at all at the summit, which will be held on December 14-15.
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Orban said that he proposed to the European Union to postpone issues of Ukraine’s membership for 5-10 years, and for now conclude a strategic partnership agreement with it.
It is clear in advance that there will be no agreement among the countries,” Orban said on Kossuth Radio.
According to Orban, Ukraine’s membership in the EU “today does not coincide with the national interests of Hungary.” He also believes that there is no consensus in the bloc on this matter, so the topic should not even be put on the agenda.
The Hungarian Prime Minister considers the war to be the main obstacle to Ukraine’s accession:
Ukraine is at war, so its legal system is different. We don’t know how big its territory is or its population, since its inhabitants are constantly running away.
Instead of negotiations on membership, Orban proposes to conclude a strategic partnership agreement with Ukraine for 5-10 years, and when we see that we can cooperate, return to the issue of negotiations.
We gave Ukraine a lot of money, so European economies are in bad shape. The EU is sending money by the trainload to Ukraine so that the Ukrainian army can win on the front line. But she won’t win, and I’m not sure if we send more money she’ll win. Let’s spend money not on war, but on peace and ceasefire. The second question: if we want to give money, where do we give it from? From the EU budget or a separate fund created by an intergovernmental agreement? I support the latter,” Orbán said.
The day before, his office also said that Hungary would not support the decision to begin negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU, allocating it 50 billion euros and supplying weapons.
Source: Racurs
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