
EU Summit: Orbán Rejects Pressure, Demands Pipeline Reopening
Orbán made it clear that EU funds for Ukraine depend on the reopening of the Druzhba pipeline and will not be disbursed while oil flows remain halted.

Orbán made it clear that EU funds for Ukraine depend on the reopening of the Druzhba pipeline and will not be disbursed while oil flows remain halted.

Slovakia’s prime minister reminded the EU leadership they cannot favor Ukraine over the energy needs of member states.

A former security service officer has stressed that “we know where he lives.”

Critics may be looking the wrong way, and should instead be making note of Kyiv’s attempts to interfere, Budapest says.

Budapest sends a fact-finding team to help resolve an energy supply dispute with the Ukrainian government.

Robert Fico said on Sunday he is prepared to block the European Union’s loan package to Ukraine should Budapest’s position shift after the elections.

The row erupted as Hungary blocks a €90 billion EU loan while pressing Kyiv to restore Russian oil flows through Druzhba.

Fico suggested forming an EU-led inspection team to assess the pipeline on-site, with the European Commission supporting the initiative.

EU officials accept that Kyiv scored an “own goal” in the row over Russian oil transit to Hungary and Slovakia.

PM Orbán of Hungary emphasized that his country will not support Brussels decisions favoring Kyiv while the pipeline dispute continues.