Hungary To Block €500 Million For Weapons to Ukraine
Officially, Hungary wants clarifications on the future role of the EU’s peace fund, but local sources claim the move is also a response to Kyiv’s unfair decision to sanction a Hungarian bank.
Officially, Hungary wants clarifications on the future role of the EU’s peace fund, but local sources claim the move is also a response to Kyiv’s unfair decision to sanction a Hungarian bank.
The news is likely to precipitate political controversy in Serbia given that broad swaths of the population strongly support Russia.
Senior officials in the Egyptian and Russian governments have denied the plan.
Outraged by Estonia’s example, EU lawmakers want standardized rules and more transparency within the European Peace Facility.
“Very relevant consequences” could follow, the head of the European Parliament’s China delegation said in response. “Beijing has been warned.”
In contrast to Bern’s apparent reluctance to allow arms exports to Ukraine, a recent poll showed that half the country supported more flexible rules regarding neutrality.
Although U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has claimed that Beijing may be considering providing lethal aid to Moscow, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the EU has received “no evidence” from the U.S. that verifies this claim.
Endless arms shipments only prolong the conflict and risk escalation, the defense ministers believe.
Those who have criticized the massive amount of U.S. weapons and ammunition flowing into Ukraine have long drawn attention to the fact that there is no mechanism for tracking the arms once they enter the country.
Incoming House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said that an audit would be aimed at establishing to what extent “the U.S. aid is ending up in the wrong hands.”
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