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Ukraine gets a EU membership boost, but Hungary blocks an aid deal
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The aid package for Ukraine was vetoed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The EU did approve opening membership negotiations with Ukraine and its neighbor Moldova.
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Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban demanded the removal of Ukraine's membership talks and aid from the agenda at an EU summit on Monday, officials say.
Hungary is prepared to lift its veto on a massive European Union funding proposal for Ukraine in return for billions in financing the bloc has been withholding from Budapest over democratic backsliding, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief political adviser said.
Hungary is ready for a financial compromise on European Union aid to Ukraine but will torpedo efforts to start EU membership talks with Kyiv, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said.
European leaders agreed to open EU membership talks with Ukraine, in a move hailed as a “victory” by the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, but the regional group was unable to pass a crucial aid package for Kyiv after Hungary blocked it.
Hungary regards it irrational to start European Union membership talks with Ukraine but didn’t want to stand in the way of the other 26 member states, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said.
The agreement on EU membership talks came at a crucial time for President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, who had just returned from a bruising visit to the United States, where he pleaded for desperately needed money for his war effort that is being held up by political divisions in Congress.
EU leaders agreed to open accession talks with Ukraine at the bloc's final summit of the year, but Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban blocked €50 billion in financial aid for Kyiv. DW has the latest.
It was another tough blow to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after he failed this week to persuade U.S. lawmakers to approve an additional $61 billion, mainly to buy weapons.
The aid package for Ukraine was vetoed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The EU did approve opening membership negotiations with Ukraine and its neighbor Moldova.
A proposed $54 billion European financial aid package to Ukraine has been vetoed by Hungary days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy failed to get U.S. lawmakers to issue funding.
The aid package for Ukraine was vetoed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The EU did approve opening membership negotiations with Ukraine and its neighbor Moldova.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday blocked 50 billion euros in EU aid for Ukraine, after leaders side-stepped his opposition to agree to open talks with Kyiv on joining the bloc.
The government in Budapest won’t support a new European Union aid package for Ukraine until the bloc pays out all the funds withheld from Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Friday.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban blocked the European Union’s planned financial aid package for Ukraine, sending the debate into early next year as the E.U. struggles to counter concerns that
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday blocked 50 billion euros ($55 billion) in EU aid for Ukraine, after leaders side-stepped his opposition to agree to open talks with Kyiv
Hungary vetoed the funding just hours after EU leaders agreed to open accession talks with Ukraine. There are still a range of thorny issues on the agenda before the summit wraps up. DW has the latest.
