𝐔𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐭: 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐔𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐊𝐢𝐞𝐯’𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐔.

Ten billion euros ($10.79 billion) in EU cohesion funds for Hungary will soon be unblocked by the European Commission. These payments had been frozen because of concerns about corruption and the rule of law. This is an attempt to persuade Hungary to reverse its veto on a proposal to enhance EU financing to Ukraine by 50 billion euros during the next European Council meeting. By ensuring that all other EU member states agree bilateral aid packages for Ukraine, the EU can sidestep Hungary’s skepticism. Hungarian participation is preferred by Brussels, nevertheless, because overcoming Hungary’s veto would threaten EU cohesion.

However yesterday Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary has declared that Ukraine is not prepared to engage in EU membership negotiations, notwithstanding the European Commission’s approval of the process earlier this week. Makó is as far from Jerusalem as Ukraine is from EU membership, according to Orbán, and the commencement of negotiations in Ukraine is not a matter of business. Multiple times, Hungary and Ukraine have disputed over the EU’s attempt to establish a long-term fund for the Ukrainian military and Kyiv’s treatment of Hungarian minorities, respectively.

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