Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced on his social media channels on Saturday, November 22nd, that he has sent his reply to Ursula von der Leyen’s letter, received on Monday, in which the Commission president asked member states to agree to further EU funding for Ukraine.
In the letter, obtained by Politico, Orbán said the EU should sign up to the terms of the 28-point U.S. peace plan.
“Europeans must immediately and unconditionally support the peace initiative of the United States,” Orbán wrote. “In addition to supporting the U.S. President, we must without delay launch autonomous and direct negotiations with Russia.”
Orbán also declared in the letter that Hungary “does not support the European Union sending any further financial assistance to Ukraine in any form” and “does not consent to such a decision being taken in the name and framework of the EU.”
An EU official wishing to remain anonymous told Politico that apart from Hungary, the 26 other EU countries “have repeatedly made their support for Ukraine clear and that it is unequivocal” (well, except for Slovakia and, probably soon, Czechia).
In a video uploaded to Facebook Orbán said “while unfathomably large amounts of the money of Europeans sent there [to Ukraine] end u pin the pockets of the Ukrainian war mafia, it is untenable not to conduct a detailed inquiry and keep pouring billions into Ukraine without control.” The Hungarian PM declared:
Ukraine has the right to continue this war, but it is not our duty to continue to support and finance an unwinnable war.
