PM Orbán’s ‘secret’ agreement with the EU can save Ukraine
According to Newsweek, PM Viktor Orbán is Russian President Putin’s ally. What’s more, he made a secret agreement with the European Union, enabling the EU 26 to help Kyiv with a more than EUR 50 billion aid package. Furthermore, it came to light why Ukraine did not allow former president Poroshenko to come to Hungary and allegedly meet Orbán.
As we wrote earlier, PM Orbán left the room during an EU summit about Ukraine’s EU accession. As a result, the leaders of the member states could accept a resolution about starting the accession process. Of course, that does not mean Ukraine will become a member state this year or the next. Instead of a meaningful support, it is a gesture. However, Orbán vetoed the modification of the EU budget, which means Brussels will not be able to help Kyiv with EUR billions.
In that case, however, it seems standpoints have changed. Newsweek wrote that Orbán made a secret pact with the EU that the other 26 bloc members may transfer the money to Ukraine. But Hungary will be exempted. He suggested the EU to strike a separate deal among the 26 bloc members.
New deal and separate agreement
Newsweek highlighted that Orbán was ally of Putin in Europe. Furthermore, instead of delivering weapons and providing help and money for Ukraine, he promoted ceasefire and peace talks, which they suggest was a treasonous standpoint concerning the North-Atlantic alliance.
“If you send weapons, if you finance the entire annual budget of one of the belligerents, if you promise more and more weapons, more and more modern weapons, then you can say whatever you want. No matter what you say, you are in the war,” he said.
“It’s possible for the 26 member states to provide the money on a bilateral basis,” Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said. “A bit of time and space over the Christmas period might help.”
Dutch PM Mark Rutte seemed confident about an agreement in 2024 about the issue.
The Orbán government transferred EUR 900 thousand to Zelenskyy’s Ukrainian rival
As we wrote before, former Ukrainian President, and one of Zelenskyy’s rivals, Petro Poroshenko, planned to travel to Hungary earlier this December. However, he was not allowed to cross the border. According to the Ukrainian Secret Service, they wanted to prevent a Porosenko-Orbán meeting.
According to index.hu, Poroshenko’s party, the European Solidarity, received almost EUR 900 thousand (HUF 343 million) before the alleged meeting with the Hungarian government. The money arrived a week before Poroshenko’s journey.
Poroshenko’s party confirmed the money transfer but said that it was not only Hungary who gave money to them. An independent team would decide about the sum’s investment.
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