PM Orbán says the EU will send the Hungarians’ money to Ukraine if referendum is unsuccessful
It is important that everyone take part in the government’s referendum on Ukraine’s European Union accession “so that Hungarians’ money can’t be sent to Ukraine”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Wednesday.
In a video posted on Facebook, Orbán noted that the European People’s Party held its congress in Valencia on Tuesday.
“I’ve got the most important resolution here in my hand,” the prime minister said. “The European People’s Party essentially controls the European Union; they’re the main European Union bureaucrats, and yesterday they decided that even more weapons and even more money should be delivered to Ukraine, and — as they say — Ukraine should be given fast-track EU membership.”
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Orbán said that while the United States was conducting peace talks, “they are trying to thwart this from behind”.
“Moreover, the European Union’s economy is suffering, and instead of spending the money on the European people and the European economy, they want to send it to Ukraine,” he said. The prime minister urged the public to take part in the government’s ongoing referendum on Ukraine’s EU accession “to prevent it from happening and so that Hungarians’ money isn’t sent to Ukraine”.
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