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Hungary has blocked €50bn ($55bn; £43bn) in EU aid for Ukraine hours after agreement was reached on starting membership talks.

"Summary of the nightshift: veto for the extra money to Ukraine," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban posted on social media after talks in Brussels.

EU leaders said talks on aid for Ukraine would resume early next year.

Ukraine is critically dependant on EU and US funding as it continues to fight occupying Russian forces.

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[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 50 points 9 months ago

Hungary needs to be expelled from the EU.

[–] Scrof@sopuli.xyz 48 points 9 months ago

Such a stupid system. How is Ukraine unsuitable for EU and NATO membership until it passes some reforms and Hungary is a part of EU and NATO while actively sabotaging and hating on both?

[–] _xDEADBEEF@lemm.ee 41 points 9 months ago

its always fucking Hungary. they should never been allowed into the EU the corrupt cunts

[–] toastus@feddit.de 39 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not one more € from EU funds should go to Hungary.

It is completely obvious that Orban is not an ally.

[–] Pringles@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago

The EU is not an alliance, so not being an ally is a moot point.

[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 34 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Can we just freeze every single cent of EU money going to Hungary?

[–] fosforus@sopuli.xyz 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago (1 children)

When a country becomes a fascist ally of an enemy country, shouldn't that justify removal from the EU? Can a country be removed from the EU? What is the process and why is it not happening?

[–] nick@campfyre.nickwebster.dev 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

You need everyone else in the EU to agree to remove them. Poland and Hungary sort of protect each other from EU consequences.

[–] sic_1@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Poland has a very pro EU government led by Donald Tusk now.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Dream come true, hopefully they roll back all their bullshit right wing policies now.

[–] sic_1@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

They are certainly trying but PISs did a ton of damage to the democratic systems and also installed swathes of people in key positions that share their views.

[–] lipilee@feddit.nl 20 points 9 months ago

What a fucking disgrace. And the guy just got 10bn out of the 30bn the EU held back. They should have just quickly voted on the aid together with ascension talks while Viktor the Pig was out of the room.

[–] BigDill99@lemmy.ca 13 points 9 months ago

Huck Funguary

[–] boreengreen@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is Poland still protecting Hungary from consequences?

[–] dakku@sh.itjust.works 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hopefully not with the new government

[–] illi@lemm.ee 12 points 9 months ago

Sadly, Slovakia has a very Orban-like government now so sadly now it could be us who start shielding Hungary in EU.

[–] Cpo@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago

Hungary should not be in the EU. Kick them out!

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 9 points 9 months ago

Wait, wasn't there something a few years ago, where they couldn't bring up 4 or so billions?

[–] fosforus@sopuli.xyz 7 points 9 months ago

Anyone wondering why Hungary is still in EU, it's probably because https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_7_of_the_Treaty_on_European_Union

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 5 points 9 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Hungary has blocked €50bn ($55bn; £43bn) in EU aid for Ukraine hours after agreement was reached on starting membership talks.

"Summary of the nightshift: veto for the extra money to Ukraine," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban posted on social media after talks in Brussels.

The aid blocking was announced by Mr Orban shortly after the EU leaders decided to open membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova and to grant candidate status to Georgia.

Mr Orban left the negotiating room momentarily in what officials described as a pre-agreed and constructive manner, while the other 26 leaders went ahead with the vote.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the EU decision on membership talks as "a victory" for his country and "Europe".

Commenting on Mr Orban's opposition to the aid, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said: "We still have some time, Ukraine is not out of money in the next few weeks."


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