Friday, December 15, 2023

Hungary Blocks €50bn In EU Aid For Ukraine

 

BBC: Hungary blocks €50bn of EU funding for Ukraine 

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

"Summary of the nightshift: veto for the extra money to Ukraine," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said after Thursday's talks in Brussels.

EU leaders said the aid negotiations would resume early next year. Ukraine is critically dependent on EU and US funding as it continues to fight occupying Russian forces. 

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. 

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WNU Editor Joining the EU is an important long term goal for Ukraine. But the priority (and emergency) right now is money. There is now a growing worry in Ukraine that with aid from both the U.S. and the EU now blocked, people's salaries and those who serve in the armed forces are not going to get paid in the coming weeks. 

Hungary Blocks €50bn In EU Aid For Ukraine  

Hungary blocks €50bn in EU aid for Ukraine hours after membership talks approved -- The Guardian  

Hungary's Orban blocks aid for Ukraine, says he can still halt EU accession -- Reuters  

Hungary’s Orbán blocks EU aid for Ukraine after membership talks agreed -- EurActiv  

Hungary blocks 50 billion euros in EU aid for Ukraine following approval of membership talks -- France 24  

Hungary blocks Ukraine aid package, but EU membership bid advances -- CBS  

EU summit: Hungary blocks €50 billion Ukraine aid deal -- DW  

Scholz gets Orbán out the room to open Ukraine’s membership talks -- Politico

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

They want to borrow the money and Orban won't cosign. Nobody can stop these 26 countries from coming up with the cash and sending it over themselves. They won't do that though, because want to borrow it from the usury class and stick everyone's grandchildren with the debt while escaping accountability by doing it through "EU structures".

Also hilarious that they scrambled to unfreeze 1/3rd of the EU entitlements owed to Hungary as a last second gambit and Orban told them he doesn't play the same mafioso games like that.

Anonymous said...

Why can't they do what the USA does? Print money and use that currency to pay their officials and soldiers.

Anonymous said...

From a country that understands Rusdian brutality first hand..pathetic

Anonymous said...

"Rusdian" brutality?

Anonymous said...

Fazman is ukrainian or something. Types his comments into google translate and ALWAYS punctuates in that same odd..style

Anonymous said...

Fazman types whie at work , with one hand while driving lol

Anonymous said...

Russian, trying to type and drive, while not getting booked

Anonymous said...

Russia neutralized Fazman and his big tank a few weeks ago.

Anonymous said...

ole fazzy has not been around in over 2 months. you have not noticed?

Also, the whole Hanover , Langley, Nellis, MacDill "information operations gang" has gone dark as of 10 days ago. Skods has not been around to call anyone a vatnik or Troll and chris has not shown his face.

Mr. fair and balanced may have poped up, maybe he is the lone survivor?

DoD, DHS and DoS must of cut funding.