Due to Hungarian resistance, discussions on Ukraine’s accession to the EU may be postponed to early spring.
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This was reported by unnamed European diplomats in a conversation with journalists from Euroaktiv.
According to them, the chances that the EU will be able to reach an agreement with Hungary on the approval of decisions concerning Ukraine in December during the summit in Brussels are extremely small.
Our feeling is that Orbán always knew how far he was willing to go and when the time would come to get off the tree,” the source told Euraktiv.
According to him, Budapest may present its final demands to the European Commission in the spring, in March. However, other EU diplomats fear that Orban will not reach an agreement this time and will continue to block aid to Ukraine and its accession to the European Union.
Hungary eased sanctions against Russia and last December vetoed an agreement to provide Ukraine with 18 billion euros in 2023. Orbán ultimately authorized the aid after days of EU aid trade for Hungary being blocked by concerns about democratic backsliding over Orbán.
As the EU again tries to win Orban’s support for Ukraine, the executive European Commission is expected this week to unblock Budapest’s 10 billion euros.
Opposing the start of membership talks with Kiev, Orban initially complained about Ukraine’s treatment of the country’s Hungarian minority. He has since said that Ukraine is too corrupt and not ready to join the EU.
Instead of deciding on new aid to Ukraine, he demanded that the bloc hold a “strategic discussion” about supporting Kyiv. Diplomats said respective bids by Georgia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to advance their hopes of joining the EU – both backed by Orban – would fail if Hungary vetoed Ukraine.
Source: Racurs
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